This juvenile Semipalmated Plover was photographed last Friday evening at Miller Field in Staten Island, New York. I had to be lying down in typical shorebird habitat which is a combination of muck, poop and who know what else! It was a perfect and cloudless sky with beautiful golden light. This is just about full frame. Bird was so close that I did not have enough depth of field to get the feet in the sharp focus.
Canon 1dx and Canon 500 f4ii + 1.4x iii, ISO 800, F8, SS 1/3200. Processed with DPP 4.6 and PS
Beautiful image of a moderately worn juvie. I am fine with the sharp eye; the heck with the rest. Love the BKGR tones too.
with love, artie
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Hi Isaac, great low perspective, and I like the colours on this Plover. Well timed to capture the raised foot, and the trailing water from the toes add interest. Nicely posed against a killer clean BG.