pink piping plover

[annmpacheco]

i was lying alongside of a lagoon and the semi palmated and piping plovers would scurry and stop very close to me. I chose not to get up and move back because i didn't want the rest of the bird crowd to relocate... Anyway, I wish i had stopped down for more dof to cover the back end of the bird and boosted the ss, there is some blur at the back. Pink is from edge of the water, some type of algae/bacteria...?

R5
840mm

ISO 2500
5.6
1/3200

[gail bisson]

I like the low POV and the little bit of worm being pulled out.
Nice pose.
The light wasn't the best when you took this but you did well under the circumstances!

[Jonathan Ashton]

Looks fine to me I don't see anything wrong regard lighting (?) The blurred tail is a DOF I would guess at 1/3200 sec... and does it really matter - can you recall seeing a sharp tail and sharp beak? ......just asking. What I am trying to say is who decided that the tail and beak had to be sharp to make it a good image.... and why?

[Dorian Anderson]

Loving the low angle, Ann! Lovely bit of action with the worm. We can feel his/her focus during the extraction. That the legs are sharp/detailed is more important to me than the tail. Sure, it would
have been nice to get the tail, but it's relatively minor as is.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I'm OK with the dof as well. Nice to see the small bit being tugged out of the ground...small details we do not normally see with the naked eye!

[Joseph Przybyla]

Hi Ann, lovely image. Wonderful low POV, really neat to see the tiny worm. I don't see anything wrong with the depth of field, I'm not looking at the tail. Thank you for sharing.

[John Mack]

That is the smallest morsel I have ever seen being pulled up by a shorebird. Is the nictating membrane over the eye?