double-banded plover (Charadrius bicinctus)

[Graeme Cox]

Hi All
This was taken a week or so ago, theses little birds migrate between the South Island of New Zealand and Australia most have since returned to NZ for the summer breeding season.
I hope you enjoy the image.
All comments welcome.
Regards
Graeme
Canon EOS-1D X Date/Time 09/01/14 06:46:05
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/1000
Av( Aperture Value ) 5.6
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation +1/3
ISO Speed 400
Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x III

[Satish Ranadive]

Spectacular image in beautiful lights. Love the pose, beautiful colors, nice feather details, low shooting angle and BG which looks likes sky with clouds.
Superb composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Randy Stout]

Graeme:

Such a round little fellow. Enough angle to the sun that it gave him a nice sense of form/shape. Good shooting angle and sense of depth because of texture/mounds in sand.

Whites well controlled.

Cheers

Randy

[Tom van den Brandt]

Nice warm light you have got here, lovely image.

Cheers, Tom

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice light and warm tones throughout. The sand mounds add interest but I think I would tone down the oof one just above the main peek. Yours are arriving for summer breeding season while ours are moving through to head for warmer winter locales.

[keith mitchell]

Lovely relaxed bird in a very nice soft light, I like everything about this first class shot.

Keith.

[Jamie Medford]

Great light, like everything about the image, I might crop a tiny bit off the top though.