Piping Plover

[Mike Milicia]

EOS-1D Mk IV, 500mm f/4 + 1,4xII, 1/1000, f/8, ISO 800
Fill Flash at - 3
About 95% of Full Frame

Photographed a couple of weeks ago on an overcast afternoon on Plum Island in MA.

Looking forward to your comments and critiques !

[Kiran Poonacha]

Great angle, making the bird pop well, nice expo and pose too, is the CL natural??

[Mike Milicia]

is the CL natural??

The catch light is from the fill flash.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Great low angle, and I like the soft colours throughout. I also like that you left some of the dark debris on the sand.

[Dan Busby]

Beautiful Michael. Amazing transition in the BG. Great detail on the bird, good angle and nice soft exposure.

[denise ippolito]

Mike, Sweet shot. I love the soft gradient background colors and the framing. Nice pose and low angle.

[Bill Dix]

Sweet bird (I'm partial to plovers). Beautiful gradation of the bg, and great low-angle capture.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Mike, this is just how it should be done IMO. So neat. Perfect shooting angle, bird angle, pose, exposure, BG.....hats off. Wonderful capture.

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Mike, I can only echo the other comments - very lovely for all the above reasons :)

[Aidan Briggs]

I love the low angle, distant BG, diffused light, and fill flash. I agree 100% with Kaustubh. I might consider lowering the midtones slightly. Just a personal preference.

Well Done!

[Fabs Forns]

Very lovely for all the reasons mentioned above. If my eye isn't confused and following the sharp line in the sand, it needs some CW rotation.

[Fernando Cerra]

Very lovely for all the reasons mentioned above. If my eye isn't confused and following the sharp line in the sand, it needs some CW rotation.

Fab, why use the line in the sand as a reference ?