Pied Lapwings

Gallery: AvianPosted August 29, 20171,329 views9 comments

Brazil's Pantanal was a great place to photograph jaguars and other mammals, but it has its share of nice birdlife as well. Late one afternoon, we neared a sandy beach where a couple of Pied lapwings (aka, Pied plovers) were strutting their stuff. It was my first time seeing this handsome species.

Canon 1DX
Canon 600mm + 1.4x
ISO 400
1/1250th
f/5.6
(Hand-held in a boat)

Max

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Jim Gavin on August 29, 2017 at 8:45 PM

Wow! What a magnificent image. Not even a nit. Just right on. Surprised there are not a bunch of positive comments.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on August 30, 2017 at 6:31 AM

Max,
I am surprised as well.
This is a real beauty, marvelous composition!

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 30, 2017 at 5:43 PM

Beautiful light, Max and I like the inclusionof the oof bird in te bg-it's blurred just right to add rather than detract from the image.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on August 31, 2017 at 12:10 PM

I'd love to see tih species some day. Terrific light, and nice strut.

Interesting to include the OOF second bird as you have here.

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Comment posted by Max Waugh on August 31, 2017 at 12:24 PM

Thanks, everyone. I did get some shots of a single bird (probably at a better angle, truly at eye level), but I did like the mirrored pose of the second bird in this and a couple other images from this sequence.

Max

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Comment posted by Richard Sandor on August 31, 2017 at 3:58 PM

Max: the two birds make a striking diagonal. Having one in sharp focus and the other oof, draws the eye to the sharply focused bird even more. Frameworthy. Richard

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Comment posted by Peter J. Morrissey on September 2, 2017 at 2:20 PM

Hi Max
I like the fact that both Lapwings are almost in step. Nice work.
Peter

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Comment posted by David Schoen on September 5, 2017 at 11:43 AM

I like this image a lot Max. The red legs contrast so well with the other colors. I think that is what makes the image so striking. The light in the shadows are really good and I agree that the diagonal mirroring makes this a lot more interesting than a single bird image.

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Comment posted by Norma Tareila Matl on September 5, 2017 at 8:23 PM

very nice and the other bird give some depth, me too, would love to see one some day, love those colors, also like the little green leaves in the sand it gives some suttle texture

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