Piping Plover and Chick

[Mike Milicia]

Canon 1D X, 500mm f/4L IS + 1/4xII, 1/640, f/11, ISO 1600

Photographed last month on the north shore of Massachusetts.

[Gabriela Plesea]

Beautiful image, Mike! The chick is just too cute for words, stunning capture!

Kind regards,

[gail bisson]

This is one stunning image.
It is so nice that the chick is looking at the parent. Those of us who have had the opportunity to take pics of chicks and parents know how hard it is to get this shot. The chicks are usually moving 10,000 miles an hour and even when they are near the parent there is rarely any eye contact. I also like the clean BG with the hint of green
You also manged to get catchlight in both birds eyes.
Lovely low POV and whites look perfect.
no nits from me.
Well done,
Gail

[Joe Senzatimore]

Soooooooo Sweet. Love it.

[Jeannean Ryman]

First, this is just a precious capture, but more importantly, has all the right elements to make this a wonderful story. Well done!

[Randy Stout]

Mike:

Lovely, intimate image, excellent shooting angle, nice interaction, excellent techs.

You could consider removing the tan shoot behind the adults tail, but it really doesn't bother me, and I looked around the image several times before I even saw it.

Charming.

Randy

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Very cute and with very pleasent light. The low shooting angle makes for a very intimate image and brings the viewer into the bird's worl. Very nice indeed.

[dankearl]

The chick's look at the Mom, makes this special.
Well Done, Mike.

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent low angle, details, light and the interaction element adds more interest

[Shawn Zierman]

Great light quality on this tender moment, well composed image. Do my eyes deceive me or is there another chick under the parent bird? I see what looks like another pair of feet...

[MohsenVahedipour]

Everything is perfect in this frame. Excellent IQ, shooting angle & interaction. TFS

[Girish Prahalad]

awesome!! great POV, details & exp. the silent conversation between the 2 makes the image for me.

[Ritesh Nangare]

What Shot got here ......Awesomenessssssssssssssssss

i love the compo with the chick ,love the details on both the birds.....

all and all great great image.

[christopher galeski]

excellent image,its all been said,well done.

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Mike! I like the low angle, interaction, IQ, exposure and composition.

[Frank Schauf]

Nice scene and light.

[Satish Ranadive]

Absolutely superb image of chick and parent.
I like the poses of both with very very nice HA's. Love the fluffy pose of parent,lights,nice low angle and above all innocent expression of cute little one.

Regards,
Satish.

[Robert Holguin]

This is an amazing shot.
Love that chick is looking at the parent and vice versa.
Nice light, excellent details and composition.
Very well done.

[Joe Murphy]

Stunning shot Mike, I also like how you can just see another chicks feet under the parent bird.

[Bill Dix]

Sweet shot, Mike. All has been said above, but I wanted to add my congrats. Just lovely. I stopped by Plum Island a few days ago on my way home from a family trip, hoping there might be a second brood of plover chicks, but I struck out. Got some juvies from the first brood, but no little chicks.

[Neil Nourse]

Mike, what a perfect shot!
I think Gail summed it up well as to how difficult it is to get a shot like this! I like that the chick was standing on the top of the ridge so we can see it's feet. I think the green of the background also adds to this image. Great fun shooting with you.