Snowy Plover Chick 2

[Harold Davis]

from a few weeks ago. cropped to pano to accentuate the plant.

D300, Bigma at 500, f/9, 1/800s, 0EV, ISO 500, flash fill at +3.0EV

comments and critiques welcome and appreciated.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great mood, composition, details and light. I also like the searching pose. A catchlight would have been nice but I know how difficult this can be with these chicks and the partially closed eye didn't help with it, either.

[Adams Serra]

Hi Harold,
I like your crop selection.Very nice habitat picture.

[Dave Leroy]

Very nice looking photo Harold. Everything feels so nice and soft.. light, bird, plant.

Dave

[Daniel Cadieux]

Very cute, this little fella looks quite helpless. I like the pano crop, but I think you can go even further and crop to just above your signature as I feel there is just a bit much room below the long branch. Good thinking though. Excellent expoure and sharpness. That's alot of fill flash at +3 although it doesn't show :-)

[Steve Maxson]

I like the look and feel of this one, Harold. The light and exposure are very nice and the pano crop works well here. Easy to see how these little guys can hide on an open beach - they blend right in. Well done.

[Stu Bowie]

I like the comp, with the chick following the vegatation diagonally across the image. Great exposure with your flashwork, well done Harold.