Piping Plover w/chick

[denise ippolito]

Canon1D Mark III
500mm +1.4 ex
1/1000 sec. at f/ 6.3
ISO 1000
Tripod low to ground

The adult is a little wet from the water and I liked the way it was fluffing it's feathers.
I had to try to keep my shutter speed up since the chick would run out from under the adult as they would make their way back from the water. I did warm up the image a little.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Denise, good eye contact from both, and I like the curvature of the sand in front of them. Overall, well exposed too.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great to see both together and the little one really has an attitude. Sharpness looks good, too. Did you add the catchlight of the chick in postprocessing? I wish there were more eye contact with the adult bird.

[denise ippolito]

Thanks Stuart and Axel.
Axel, I just used Tim Grey's non-destructive dodge application to lighten the glint that was already in the eye. Then added a tiny catchlight on top of it.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Denise, you know how I like low angles. Superb shot. Expressions are priceless. Thx for sharing.

[Kiran Poonacha]

loved the whites here Denise, the other colours add good contrast to the frame, nice sharpness too and and also a lovely artistic touch to the frame..

[arash_hazeghi]

The chick is so cute, amazing how such a fragile creature can survive the cruel nature!!! excellent details and like the "white on white" exposure. TFS Denise!!!

[John Ippolito]

Lovely image. Excellent details in highlights, tender moment captured, and I love the comp with the birds at the bottom of the bowl of sand - the eye keeps coming right back to the subjects like a gravitational pull. Well done!

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Sweet , wonderful capture Denise and one I have wanted to get for several years now. Excellent composition, exposure and detail. Congratulations on beautiful image.

[Robert Amoruso]

Denise,

The curvature of the sand makes the centralized placement work well. Of course you know I like the high-key look.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Love the high key look this has. Wonderful image.

[Lance Peters]

High Key Rocks - love the low shooting angle - Pretty much nailed it I think!!

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Very pretty chick and image design. Nice whites and subjects, TFS.

[denise ippolito]

Thank you all for your kind comments. I appreciate them all.:)

[Harshad Barve]

Denise , this is fantastic image ,
TFS

[sulasula]

Wow! What beautiful picture. I like it! More details is welcome, but everything works to me! Congratulation.