Black Bellied Plover

Gallery: AvianPosted October 21, 2012116 views11 comments

Sorry for not participating much lately in Avian, but I've had a pretty dry spell the last couple of months, as the tides and wind haven't been in my favor around here. I found this cooperative BBPL on the beach in Gulfport this morning. Unfortunately the bird was browsing around a good bit of beach debris left over from Isaac, but I watched and photographed this bird for about 30 minutes and was able to manage a few frames in fairly clean surroundings. Cropped to 85% of original, larger image included.

E-5 ZD300 F2.8 +EC-20 Wimberley I, ISO 200 1/1600 f6.3 -0.3EV

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11 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on October 21, 2012 at 1:30 PM

Nice! Especially like the water and beach layers - a smooth and effective transition. Nice pose, bright eye, and fine detail in the plover.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on October 21, 2012 at 3:18 PM

Excellent as posted. Very natural and a perfect setting for the species.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on October 21, 2012 at 4:24 PM

Excellent, Bill! A perfect setting, good angle and great detail!

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Comment posted by Jim Nall on October 21, 2012 at 6:31 PM

Nice, nice image Bill. Wonderful lighting and detail on the bird, excellent choice of dof. Quite well done IMO.

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Comment posted by wade pettitt on October 21, 2012 at 8:22 PM

Bill, this is really nice. Love the water and good job on the low POV as it gives good sepearation. Well Done!!

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on October 22, 2012 at 1:45 AM

Lovely crisp image, you really nailed the exposure and sharpness is perfect. I don't see many shorebirds unfortunately, gotta love the nomenclature of this group of birds - sorry, not seeing a "black belly".

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Comment posted by May Haga on October 22, 2012 at 1:52 PM

Very nice Bill.
May

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on October 22, 2012 at 9:07 PM

Bill, I like this a lot! Excellent IQ, nice low perspective, bird and setting look very good. Perhaps my favorite of yours that I've seen. Very well done.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on October 23, 2012 at 3:32 PM

I like the low perspective on this as the water and sand lines really make for an complimentary background. Nice patience to get this, the larger image looks great, way to go.

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on October 23, 2012 at 10:44 PM

Good looking image. The background is very clean and you have excellent detail in the bird. I like the low angle you have achieved.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on October 24, 2012 at 1:12 AM

Lovely clean image Bill - really like the sand ripples/water pattern

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