Wilson's Plover

[Daniel Cadieux]

Taken in June. This is one species I REALLY wanted when I was down in Florida, and I finally got my opportunity on my second (and last) morning at Ft. Desoto. It was somewhat wary, but with patience and good stalking methods I was able to approach it quite close! Fill used to try to minimize harshish light.

Canon 40D + 100-400L @400mm, manual exp., evaluative metering, 1/1600s., f/8, ISO 400, -0.3 EC (histogram checked), fill flash -0.3 FEC, handheld.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Terriffic, the use of flash was very helpfull as the light seems harsh bat the bird is very well iluminated, comp and exposure as colors and BG look terrific to me! Congratulatinos!

[bill kominsky]

Agree with Ramón here Daniel, only I'll take it one step further, WONDERFUL, CONGRATS.

Bill

[Aidan Briggs]

Nice pose and details. You did a good job considering the lighting conditions.

[Stephen Stephen]

Lovely image Dan. Great exposure technique including the fill.

[Nagesh Mula]

Good one Daniel!!
The whole bird is lit and the whites are not overexposed.

[James Salywoda]

Very sweet Daniel you handled the conditions really well and it shows in this fantastic shot.