Little Ringed Plover - I

[Mital Patel]

Little Ringed Plover
(Charadrius dubius)
Gujarat, INDIA

Oct 09, 2011, 8-08am
1D MARK IV, 500 F/4, 2x TC
1/1000, f/9, ISO640 @ 1000mm

Here's the first shot of the winter 2011 migrant. Though common in our area and bold too.
6 of them i saw on a small pond on the way to bird sanctuary i go regular.

More to follow

Straight from camera just added USM for web presentation and round of NR over bg.

C&C Much Appreciated.

[Xander Sales]

Hey, nice to see Little Ringed Plover as a wintergast in India. In the summer I often see them with juveniles in the Netherlands...
Photo is very nice, matching colours in the bird and background, low position, good sharpness...

[Mark Itol]

Gorgeous shot, Mital. Superb low angle and very good details.

[Randy Stout]

Mital:

Very nice techs, sharp, well exposed, good shooting angle, pleasant BG. Love the little toenail visible on the foot.

Cheers

Randy

[Gerald Kelberg]

I really like the complementary colours of the background - is that muddy water behind?

It is about as good as it gets! Well done!

Gerald

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Lovely low angle, pose, bg and brown tones. Very nice image, Mital.

[Mital Patel]

I really like the complementary colours of the background - is that muddy water behind?

It is about as good as it gets! Well done!

Gerald

Gerald

The background is a high sand bar on the other side of small waterbody. and the perch is the front sandbar where i clicked from entering the pond just in front.

[Ron Sprunger]

It's a stunner, Mital. Gorgeous BG, great detail, perfect comp.

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent light, low angle, details and sharpness.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Dear Mital,
I like excellent sharpness & details, lovely BG, low shooting angle & perfect HA. TFS

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Love the color scheme and nice low angle/ Sweet bg too

[Petros Petrou]

Very nice low angle and great detail. I like the complementing color of the background. I like this very much.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

MItal, this refuge of yours is quite productive, I must say. And you do put in the hard work. excelletn details, low angle, BG..loved it. very clean.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Beautiful work Mital. Love the tones in this one.

[Arthur Morris]

Other than the tiny white speck on the bill just in front of the nares this one is PMP = pretty much perfect... This has gotta be a worn juvenile.

[Tom Rambaut]

Mital - You sure use the 2x with the 500 well. Just goes to show don't belive everything you read on the internet. I do like the toe, and the BG and shooting angle are great. Look forward to more of your images.

[Arthur Morris]

Mital - You sure use the 2x with the 500 well. Just goes to show don't believe everything you read on the internet.

Hello! Has anyone ever heard of ABP II? Subscribed to free BAA On-Line Bulletins? I have been championing the use of the 2X with both the EF 500 f/4 and the EF 600 f/4 for close to a decade now.... Here is one of the things that I have been saying: "If you cannot consistently create sharp images with either the the 500 f/4 and the 600 f/4 with the 2X TC down to 1/60 sec. then you are not using your gear to its fullest potential."

[Tom Rambaut]

Hello! Has anyone ever heard of ABP II? Subscribed to free BAA On-Line Bulletins? I have been championing the use of the 2X with both the EF 500 f/4 and the EF 600 f/4 for close to a decade now.... Here is one of the things that I have been saying: "If you cannot consistently create sharp images with either the the 500 f/4 and the 600 f/4 with the 2X TC down to 1/60 sec. then you are not using your gear to its fullest potential."

Have heard of it, got it in fact. Thanks for the e.

[bishancm]

Mital Bhai,
Brilliant Image. Lovely colours and Compo.
Regards

[Mital Patel]

Other than the tiny white speck on the bill just in front of the nares this one is PMP = pretty much perfect... This has gotta be a worn juvenile.

Thanks a stack artie, You caught me spot on.

Here is the repost.

[yogesh_puranik]

execellent image nice light sharpness HA BG compo 10/10