Taken on Saturday at the local marine reserve. There are 6 of these birds as well as around 15 over-wintering 1st year imm Red-necked Stints at the moment. But that'll change in the next month or so as the the southern migration starts to occur.
Canon 400 300F4.5+1.5tc, ISO200, f7.1, 1/800, -0.7, Av mode, Ev metering.
Sweet bird !!! Sharp and well exposed Would have only tried moving to your right to get more of the clean water to the left !!! As presented would try to eliminate the light area withing the dark mass !!! .. like how you gave it a little more room up front !!!
Hi Mark, good suggestions by Al. Agree with darkening the lighter area in the backround since it is competing with the bird.
The image is sharp, has good lighting with the subject well positioned!
I love these little Plovers (have never seen this one). Nicely captured with good light. Definately would remove the bright spot, easily done. I might have preferred seeing the bird a little further right in the frame.
Hi Mark - agree with the comments above -Exposure looks good and nice detail. I too would have preferred the bird to be moved out of the centre a little.
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Thanks for viewing and commenting everyone. I did try removing all the black mass at one point, but I wasn't able to make it look natural so I left it as is.
@Bill, These birds are an anomily as far as shorebirds in Aust go. The other shorebirds are either endemic or they are Northern Hemisphere migrants. This bird actually breeds in new Zealand and it arrives here when all the other shorebirds head north to breed, and it goes back to NZ when the others arrive back here again. This bird is in eclipse plumage. In full breeding plumage the band across the lower breast is a solid deep chestnut colour, and the band across the upper chest thins a little and turns black. There are some in near full breeding plumage at the moment, but I just couldn't get a decent image of one.
Double-banded Plover
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