Piping Plover in the surf line

[chad anderson]

BPN,

Here is a piping plover found yesterday morning at Ft. Desoto. Ft. D is an essential wintering grounds for these threatend little shorebirds. Luckily the beach in pretty isolated this time of year so they can forage in peace. Not much else was going on, saw a couple of wilson plovers, no snowies though.

Camera:	canon Xsi
Exposure:	1/4000 sec
Aperture:	f/5.6
Focal Length:	420 mm
ISO Speed:	400
Exposure Bias:	-1/3 EV

Full frame

thanks for looking and commenting!

[Doug Brown]

Excellent pose and sharpness! Nice light too. I might remove the specular highlights on the bird's left leg.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I think you could darken the image just a tad ( 1/3 stop or so ). Nice classic plover pose, low angle looks good, and I like the uncluttered BG and clean surroundings (especially love the bubbles).

[Terry Sohl]

This is wonderful Chad. Love the clean background, the thin strip of sand in focus with bubbles, and of course the sharp bird. Really well done.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Full frame! Great shot, light and pose, compo and detail, exposure control and BG are outstanding, and a full frame of these little guys is not an easy task at all. Congratulations!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great angle, details and setting. I would remove the specular highlights on the bill.