Piping Plover in Stealth Mode

[Jim Fenton]

Finally had an opportunity to get out on the beach and create some piping plover images this past Saturday.

This one thought he'd sneak by my but I saw him :)

DOF is perhaps a bit too skinny (missed the back leg by a hair) but I was trying to make believe I was shooting like they do in Florida :D

Nikon d300s, 600VR, TC14EII, ISO 500, f 6.3, 1/2000, NearUniWB preset, CW metering, +0.3 EV

[Fabs Forns]

This is adorable, Jim. I like how the soft side light brings detail in the plumage.
DOF is of no concern to me here. It looks good to me.
You may want to mask some sharpening off his bill.

[Daniel Cadieux]

DOF is A-OK with me too! Love the hunched walking pose. Techs look great, and good choice of comp - I like the pano format.

[Lorant Voros]

Very nicely done and the pose is incredible. Love the colors, the light and the extreme low angle. Congrats.

[Peter Farrell]

Great low angle, colors and light. And what a pose!
Peter

[Keith Carver]

After a long hard day, I just saw this image and literally laughed out loud, Jim. I love it! Undoubtedly the funniest shorebird image I've ever seen. Great low-angle capture, perfect HA and EXP and BG, and DOF looks fine to me. TFS, you made my day.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Cool pose, angle and BG. I might sharpen the leg on the ground a bit less.

[DanWalters]

Really like the low angle and the color. Like the raised foot as well.

[Adams Serra]

Great low angle and pose.
congratulations Jim!

[Roberto Betta]

Nice work Jim!

[RAM MALLYA]

Lovely low angle and light on the bird

[Markus Jais]

Fantastic! I love the low angle and the awesome pose. Great colors and light. The DOF looks fine for me.

Markus

[christopher galeski]

A magic shot Jim,love the pose, colors,dof looks ok to me.thanks.

[Kiran Poonacha]

made me smile, great pose, loved the angle and the FG and BG work well...

[Ofer Levy]

This is awesome! Fantastic low angle, pose and colours!

[Ilija Dukovski]

Great one! Other than said above I like the low angle and perfectly flat and clean beach.
Very nice.

[denise ippolito]

Jim, Beautiful sharp details and I love the pose. The BG colors are beautiful.