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Golden Plover.

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Posted by Major Gilbert on May 2, 2009 at 4:37 PM
Golden Plover.
Taken during March of this year. There were still a few small flocks of these delightful birds hanging about the airfield.

D2X's + 600mm AFS II + 1.4 Conv.
1/80 @ f8.
ISO 200.
WB: Auto.
Ex Comp -0.7 EV.
Tone Comp Less Contrast.
Cropped to suit.

Major.
Posted by Edwin kats on May 2, 2009 at 4:40 PM
Very very nice. Beautiful warm colors and interesting pose.

Well done.

Edwin Kats
Posted by Justin on May 2, 2009 at 4:49 PM
Very nice indeed. Wonderful pose/action. :toast: :toast:
Posted by John Robinson on May 2, 2009 at 4:50 PM
That'll do for me . Superb light.(PS Wouldn't like to land a plane on that stuff !:biggrin: )
Cheers
JohnR
Posted by Des Ong on May 2, 2009 at 6:16 PM
Lovely portrait + light. :toast: :toast:
Posted by Craig Jones on May 2, 2009 at 7:31 PM
Beautiful photo, love the detail in the bird and the colours are very nice too, well done :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by eric weight on May 3, 2009 at 12:07 PM
You don't see many decent shots of these Major. This one's a beauty.
:toast: eric
Posted by Fran French on May 4, 2009 at 3:03 PM
An absolute stunner Major!

Fran :toast: :toast: