Black-bellied plover upclose and head on

[arash_hazeghi]

This is a black-bellied plover, molting juvenile I think. It looks a bit different from the head-on angle. It was tough to grab focus on these little bullets coming at you at speed, but I got a few frames and thought about sharing it with you. hope you like it



1D4 700mm f/8 1/2000sec ISO 400. this image is better viewed at larger size

[Stu Bowie]

Good eye contact Arash, and well done on locking focus on him. Thr browns and blues go together nicely, and I would maybe move him up in the frame a touch, as he's pretty central as is.

[Doug Brown]

You make the tough ones look easy Arash!

[Tin Man Lee]

Lovely background with good lights. Never seen such a cool species before. You nailed it!

[Melissa Groo]

Very cool shot, Arash, beautiful light, excellent exposure, and wonderful unusual look at this. Great job getting this speeding bullet.

[Robert Holguin]

Excellent shot, great head on, love the light and the dark blue background as it really brings out the bird.
Well done.

[Dan Behm]

Arash,
always tough when there coming strait at you, you pulled this off nicely. The bird is vivid against that gorgeous blue backdrop!

Dan

[john jackson]

I am envious of your remarkable in-flight skills. My only criticism is that the beak gets a little lost against the bird.

By the way, this is an adult: a young bird would not have the black underneath and the upperparts would be spangled less with grey and more with a light golden colour.

[arash_hazeghi]

Thanks everyone for comments, Thanks John for correcting the ID.