Semi-palmated Plover

[gail bisson]

Canon 1DMKIV
600mm and 1.4x
ISO 800 F 5.6 SS 1/500
Ingonish, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
PP: Crop to pano, NR to BG, cloned a little black weed under tail, levels, DE at 3% and USM to JPEG
Comments and critiques always appreciated and learned from with thanks,
Gail

[christopher galeski]

Love it,sharp with good detail,nice light and BGwell done.magic image.

[Joe Subolefsky]

Awesome image! Absolutely love the the way the BG is fading away almost in reverse of the foreground giving the image a 3d like POP.

[Marina Scarr]

A lot to like here, Gail. Love the graduated BG and your plover and vegetation pop so well against it. Your bird is full of amazing details, and I can almost count each granule of sand.

[Bill Dix]

I really like this, Gail. A welcome change from the usual bare-beach plover shots. The green adds a lot to the image, and the graduated bg is lovely. Well done as usual.

[Grace Scalzo]

I was thinking Florida....has that feel to it. Lovely, clean image of a bird in fine feather. My fav part of the image is the rising (or setting) sun reflected in his eye. A treasure.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Simply gorgeous lovely bird super setting. The DOF is just enough, yup it floats my boat!

[William Dickson]

Very nice Gail and what a fantastic BG.

[Ian Wilson]

Beautiful work Gail. Wonderful composition, feather detail and point of interest. Regards, Ian

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Gail! I like the setting, IQ, details, BG and composition. The Plover really stands out nicely against the plant.

[Shawn Zierman]

Wow to the layers in the bg and light quality overall. Sweet little wall of vegetation to photograph this cutie against. Compositionally strong subject placement in the frame. Excellent image Gail.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nothing to fault here, everything looks great. I really like that vegetation, very cool...looks like the plover is using it as some sort of shield against wind or detection (from the other side of course!).

[Aidan Briggs]

Love this one Gail! The light, composition, and color scheme are fantastic!

[Greg Oakley]

Stunning image Gail - one of the best wader images I have seen for quite a while

[gail bisson]

Thank you all for your comments.
For Daniel- you are absolutely correct about the plover using the vegetation to protect itself from the wind. It was an incredibly windy day that day.
Gail

[mohammad reza shahab]

Hi gail,
Wonderful composition,BG and feather detail. l like the pose.