Ringed Plover

[Joe Murphy]

A Juvenile, taken at a local Beach.






Canon 7D
Canon 400mm 5.6
f/7.1, (1/2000)
ISO 400
WB - Auto
Manual Exposure
Hand Held.

[Henry Domke]

You've done a couple things differently than what I usually see on the Avian forum.
You are positioned a bit above the bird instead of at eye level.
The surf forms diagonal rather than horizontal lines.
However, those differences don't hurt the picture; the image is very appealing.
The small patch of sand on the bottom left helps anchor the image.

[keith mitchell]

I totally agree with Henry with the way this bird is presented don't know if it would have worked so well without that piece of sand,like this a lot.

Keith.

[adrian dancy]

A delightful bird and it is nice to see the bird in the surf/foam. Exposure and detail looks good. The light is just a little harsh. In my view the image is in need of rotation. Whilst I accept that you are shooting across a sloping beach, the reflection of the bird's leg should reverse reflect at the horizontal point. This is not always a deadly accurate way to assess but it is often a good starting point.

[Marina Scarr]

This is quite a pleasing image, although I think it may have been even more pleasing had you photographed this cutie from a lower angle. The exposure looks spot on,and I am loving all the details in the foam.

[Joe Murphy]

Thanks all, I would have liked to get this at a lower POV, but the background was way too messy.