Piping Plover fledgling

[Grace Scalzo]

Photographed this little fledgling as the evening light was fading. Tricky to photograph as the don't stay still for long. By way of self critique, a slight head turn would have given this a bit more of a 3D effect, but c'est la vie. That fluff at the base of head and silly little tail feathers make these one of the cutest juvenile species, in my opinion.

1/1000, f 5.6, iso800
Canon 1dx, 600f4 + 1.4tc (840mm) + lowered rrs tripod

[Randy Stout]

Grace:

Lovely colors, cute subject, sharp, soft bg.

I like the comp. choice to keep him small in the frame, plays up how small he is in a big world.

Well done.

Cheers

Randy

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Grace, lovely soft light, and lovely soft plumage on the the little one. I wouldnt worry too much much about the HA, it is there. I like the space in the FG, and love the two tone BG - it graduates nicely. An opportunity well used.

[Bill Dix]

Wonderful image, Grace. I had the same thought before reading Randy's comment: glad you kept him small in the frame. Love the BG/FG, and of course the cutie. Profile shot is fine in my book.

[keith mitchell]

Grace this is just beautiful ,smashing Little Plover on a Bg that's superb.

Keith.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

The cuteness factor is off the charts here Grace. Love the shooting angle, the gorgeous light/colors and not to mention the subject. I like your loose comp too. Looking forward to more.

[Karl Egressy]

Sid put it so well. "The cuteness factor is off the charts here Grace. Love the shooting angle, the gorgeous light/colors and not to mention the subject. I like your loose comp too."
I second it.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

This is such a lovely image Grace! I like everything about it! TFS.

[MiroslavMaric]

Well done, so cute! Nice light and BG tone. Like the composition. It's sharp and good angle of view! TFS. Cheers! Miro

[Joseph Przybyla]

A beauty Grace, I love everything about this image. Nice to see the future generation.

[John Robinson]

Hi Grace
Looked at this a few times and something keeps asking me to take some off the top and as smidge off the right. Just my own view of what I would do. Great image anyway.
John

[William Dickson]

Lovely Well done

[gail bisson]

This is lovely Grace. I like the small in the frame comp and the light is wonderful!
gail

[Robert Kimbrell]

A very beautiful image Grace, I like the warm feel and soft light, the background is very complimentary. The clean shells are excellent, as they are free or beach debris

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

What a clean image Grace!
Love the hue in BG. Love the soft warm light and the little chick. The foreground adds to the image. I wonder how this image would benefit from a tigher compositon.

[adrian dancy]

No nits...everything to like. I'm very happy with the size of the bird in the frame.

[christopher galeski]

Beautiful image Grace,nice light,good POV,magic BG,well done.

[Greg Oakley]

Beautifully done Grace - I really like the comp with the bird down low - great work

[Grace Scalzo]

Thank you everyone. I did consider a tighter crop (There are enough pixels to do so). Maybe for another purpose I will.

[Satish Ranadive]

All has been said. Gorgeous image. Superb composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[David Salem]

Beautiful colors on this one Grace. I like the bird small in frame to he honest. Gives a sense of its small size. The techs look perfect and I like the rounded rocks it standing on. Well done

[Marina Scarr]

What a cutie-petutie, Grace. Love how you made him small in the frame to give the viewer a true sense of their vulnerability. The pebbles make a great FG.