Golden Plover.

I like the mood and setting of this. I see agreen cast though on the image? I am thinking a litlle lightening of the face to equal the brightness of the body would be an improvement as well.

Sweet low angle and great plumage. A head turn would improve this image a lot.

The low angle and sharpness are both very good. I see a green-gold cast; did you adjust the saturation? If so, maybe back it down a bit. This guy's not quite into breeding plumage, but he's getting there. I look forward to seeing this species up here in a couple of weeks...

I agree with the other comments so far on this image Keith. In the larger version there seems to be just the slightest amount of motion blur which has reduced the very fine detail.

Keith, this is a great shot of this plover. I have never seen one in breeding plumage. To me, the bird looks sharp for the most part, but there seems to be some blur on the neck, just behind and down from its eye. I also see what looks like some cloning artifact just above and to the right of its head. Looks like a faint copy of the bright parts of its head and neck. I think these areas could use some cloning clean-up.

Thanks a lot for your tips and comments i do learn a lot from them.

Keith.