Ready For The World

[john crookes]

3 or 4 day old Piping Plover Chick as on Friday there were none and then on Monday at least 4 maybe 5 on the beach they were scurring around so fast never had more than 4 near the parents at once but there may have been 5

Nikon D3
600mm F$
1.7 EXT
F 9.5
1/1000 th
ISO 280

[Juan Aragonés]

Very tender image and what a terrific low angle you got here John. The little plover is tack sharp, with a fantastic eye contact and the OOF environment is really nice. Composition is nailed in my opinion. I would clone out the small 4-5 bright areas (sircle shaped) at the lower third of the right side of the frame. Very good job

[Richard Peters]

What a great intimate portrait of the little'un. Great positioning within the frame too. I'd be interested to know how you find the 1.7 with the 600 as I've been thinking of picking one up.

[Nagesh Mula]

Its a beautiful picture and very well composed. I too concur with Juan's agreement on the picture.

[Fabs Forns]

Adorable critter in great light and very nicely composed, congratulations!

[Julie Kenward]

Oh my gosh, and I thought the baby kildeer I photographed this weekend were cute! Beautiful HA and lovely, crisp details.

[Dave Phillips]

the eye contact is penetrating and the overall feel is wondeful John.
Congrats on a stunner full of cuteness

[Ilija Dukovski]

Great image, congrats!
I'm curious where was the image taken, was it Plum Island?

Cheers, Ilija

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

What a cute birdie!

Love the light in this one as well as the eye contact. The dark areas in front of the bird are a little distracting.

[Stu Bowie]

I like the DOF in this, with the lovely low angle. Good sharp detail captured, and hope you have some with them together.

[Jim Fenton]

John....

A) It's lovely

B) What I really like about this image is the catchlight...I find it really difficult to get PP chicks with their eyes pointed up wards and providing a catchlight...

Great job :)

[Ramon M. Casares]

Too cute! Love the light, comp. and everything about this image. Congratulations!