Semipalmated Plover in Habitat.

[Daniel Cadieux]

**Hey everyone, when you get a chance check out the "Sticky" thread here to vote for next month's project theme!:cool:**

Taken the same morning as my Black-bellied Plover posted a few days ago...more of the many flowers and vegetation growing where normally there is water. The "beach" really isn't so beach-like this year, but I like the settings this is offering...different than the typical shorebird on the sand/mud images we tend to usually get.

Canon 40D + 100-400L @400mm, manual exposure (+2 stops, histogram checked), evaluative metering, 1/320s., f/6.3, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, ~80% FF.

[Tony Whitehead]

Nice and sharp and the surroundings with the soft vegetation are great, Dan.

[Jeff Dyck]

Beautiful image Daniel - I really like the light, pastel-like quality of the colours.

I might suggest cloning or cropping out that small, dark leaf(?) about 1/3 of the way up the left edge - I find my eyes keep going to it.

[christopher galeski]

very nice Daniel,like the pastel like colors,sharp,nice HA,how you get this so sharp at 1/320s,hand held to me is magic.thanks.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

I Iove the soft light,pose,angle!

[Arthur Morris]

A beautiful fresh juvie in a sweet setting. Maybe a bit off the bottom? What date?

[Daniel Cadieux]

Thanks Artie. Cropping to just above my signature would work.

The image was taken Wednesday of last week: September 16th.

[Arthur Morris]

YAW Dan. Wow, that egg hatched late. That is a really freshly plumaged bird for mid-SEPT.

[James Salywoda]

Excellent shot Daniel nice low angle and the habitat really adds a very nice touch to this image.