Black-bellied Plover

[denise ippolito]

Canon 40D
500mm +1.4 ex.
1/1000 sec. at f/8
ISO 200
EV -1/3

My friend and I went to Barnegat Light and met up with Axel. Of course this cute little BBP caught my eye-surprise!!:eek: Not another BBP!!!:). I did remove some of the FG blur on the right a bit and a small piece of rock on left.

[Harshad Barve]

Beautiful image , lovely compo , colors , expo and details ,
Killer BG
TFS

[Bill Dix]

Great shot, Denise, as usual. You always manage to get a lovely BG, exposure and detail. And the raised-foot pose tops it off. I hope to get to Barnegat next week if the jetty doesn't freeze over.

[Dan Brown]

Beautiful techs Denise! Love the foot up! Is this guy your pet?:D

[Bryan Hix]

Great job, aweome BG and razor sharp.

[Lorant Voros]

Track sharp and well exposed. Like the raised foot a lot. Would be nice to see the other foot as well. BG is fantastic. Well done.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

No suggestions. perfect. loved the color in the water. I think the bird and perch having the same color make this special.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I knew you couldn't resist photographing these guys. :) Walking pose, BG and eye contact make this one for me. A bit more head turn toward you would have been nice.

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Denise, I love it. Awesome detail on the bird.
Blue bg rocks.

Szimi

[denise ippolito]

Thankyou all for your time and comments. Axel, I agree about the head turn. I do have others:):p

[Dave Leroy]

Lovely photo Denise. I really like how you handle the detail. Very nice. Dave

[Doug Brown]

Love the raised foot, great rocky perch, and nice BG. Sharpness is excellent. Wish I could see the other foot.

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Like the foot-up pose & low angle. Tack sharp with great feather detail.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Another class one, Beautifully executed madamji, loved the light, great details and the raised foot add so well here.

[denise ippolito]

Thankyou all for taking the time to look and comment. Much appreciated.

[Jim Crosswell]

Great pose and amazing BG. This is a real beauty!

[Jim Fenton]

Lovely image Denise :)

A slight more head turn would have really made this.

Perhaps lighhtening the eye a bit would add to it as well?

[denise ippolito]

Thankyou both for taking the time to look at comment.Much appreciated.

[James Salywoda]

Awesome shot Denise that bg really makes this Plover just pop with detail well done.