Black-bellied Plover on a Mission

[Bill Dix]

Intermediate plumage, from Plum Island in August. Cleaned a few distracting shells from the beach.

D7200, 500f4 + 1.4 TC, ISO 800, 1/2500s @ f/7.1 manual.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice walking pose with just the right head turn and eye contact, Bill. Nice low angle shot.

[Ross Taylor]

Great work Bill! Love the simple clean smooth background, just the right amount of OOF foreground, great composition, lighting, catch light, exposure, lifted foot with no motion blur. Wish I had taken that one ;)

Thanks for posting this one Bill. It's a beauty in my eyes :)

Ross

[Mervyn Marsh]

Nice shot, good low angle with nice light.. would like the head tilt just a touch more towards viewer for my taste.. cheers, Merv

[Geoff Newhouse]

I like the dynamic pose and the nice low angle. Good sharpness and colours.

TFS
Geoff

[dankearl]

A bit more head turn would have been nice for me, but a very nice dynamic pose...

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the low angle, sharpness, determined walking pose and composition. Nice image Bill!

[William Dickson]

Lovely frame Bill. All works well here. Love the raised foot. I like the stride and the HA looking forward suits the image.

Will

[Daniel Cadieux]

Oh man I love that plumage. Very nice walking stride too, you got it at just the perfect leg position. My kind of low angle too! Yes, I agree slightly better head angle would have given the image a few more points. Still a superb shorebird image, nicely done.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Beautiful image, Bill. Love the full stride, foot up position. Well worth going over to the far cove.




Geoffrey

[Bill Dix]

Thanks everyone.