Southern Lapwing.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Recently I visited one of our wet lands in the northern plains of Costa Rica.
The day could not have been any hotter! lots of birds and lots of light to shoot them! in the tropics you either have a LOT of light or don´t have enough light, you gotta love it though...

For this one I used

1D4
600f/4+1.4TC=840mm
f/6.3
ISO400
EV -2/3
SS 1/1600sec
Hand held from a rocking boat!
Processed in DPP and PS CS 6, small crop for compo.

Thanks for looking.

[Binu John]

Beautiful shot, Juan! Excellent composition and POV! Really nice background colors too. TFS

[Ian Wilson]

Great looking bird Juan Carlos. Nice light and wonderful feather detail, including in the blacks. Thanks for showing us a little of the environment. Top shot, well done. Cheers, Ian

[christopher galeski]

Beautiful image of a beautiful bird,good IQ,nice light.well done.

[vishaljadhav]

Looks lovely
i love the pose and IQ

[Stu Bowie]

Hi JC, great low perspective, and the light has brought out the iridescence on the wing nicely. Nice and sharp, and nicely posed in the open.

A lapwing I havent seen before.

[Grace Scalzo]

Really sweet, and you handled the light perfectly. Love this one! Never would have guessed that it was hand held from a boat, so nice and sharp.

[Joe Murphy]

A great looking bird, love the low POV & detail, lovely shot Juan.

[Karl Egressy]

Beautiful bird in great light. Excellent low shooting angle, nice detail an colors, Juan.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Beautiful bird, light and a lovely natural setting. I like this lots.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Thanks guys for your comments!