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Golden Plover

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Posted by Danny Green on July 18, 2009 at 9:10 AM
Golden Plover
I have just got back from a trip to the Shetland Isles and some of the remoter islands of the coast of Lewis. This picture of a Male Golden Plover was taken at Hermaness, Unst and is one of my favourite places to visit in the UK. Its seabird cliffs are spectacular and the Moorland supports some great birds like Dunlin and Great Skua. I have wanted to photograph Goldies for years and so I am very pleased with the images I got of this difficult species.

Canon 1DS MK11, 500mm Lens, 1.4x, F5.6, ISO 200.

Danny :wavey:
Posted by Chris Lloyd on July 18, 2009 at 9:18 AM
Great image Danny. They look beautiful in their breeding plumage too!

Chris.
Posted by JMACTAVISH on July 18, 2009 at 9:40 AM
Even if this were the only image you took from the trip it would have been worth while going.

As good a goldie shot as I've ever seen

J
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Posted by David Sewell on July 18, 2009 at 10:19 AM
Superb shot - I can almost hear the call.

David

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Posted by Rob Howard on July 18, 2009 at 10:22 AM
Hi Danny,

A bird very high on my "wanted" list !! They are just stunning in their breeding plumage. Everything is spot on in this image.

Well done mate

Regards

Rob
Posted by Magnus Hird on July 18, 2009 at 10:31 AM
Gorgeous Danny. I can see the magazine title at the top :smile:
Posted by Rene de Heer on July 18, 2009 at 10:57 AM
Very nice, lovely background.
Rene de heer
Posted by Andy Astbury on July 18, 2009 at 11:59 AM
Lovely image Danny - hope you got it LS too :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Edwin kats on July 18, 2009 at 1:48 PM
Yep, here are the tears again.

Very nice mr. Green. Your everlasting effort has payed off again. Beautiful bird in a fantastic setting.

Edwin Kats
Posted by eric weight on July 18, 2009 at 2:06 PM
Absolutely superb. It's not hard to see who photographs covers and who prefers the centre-folds out of you and Andy is it? :wink:
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Posted by Matt Cole on July 18, 2009 at 3:37 PM
your usual very high standard Danny, a fantastic shot.

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Posted by keith mitchell on July 18, 2009 at 4:10 PM
Hi Danny.
This is one superb image,excellent!!!!
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Keith.
Posted by Bob Cox on July 18, 2009 at 6:01 PM
Thats very nice !.
Posted by John Robinson on July 18, 2009 at 7:15 PM
Good stuff Daniel but not sure about the tongue :biggrin: :biggrin: :wink:
JohnR
Posted by Justin on July 19, 2009 at 4:22 AM
Very nice indeed.
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Posted by Des Ong on July 19, 2009 at 9:09 AM
Good one pal... :toast: :toast:

Des :wavey:
Posted by Mark Davies on July 19, 2009 at 10:14 AM
have a shave Green !
oh the image ? Benchmark stuff . :toast:
Posted by Fran French on July 19, 2009 at 1:26 PM
Absolutely stunning stuff Danny!

Fran :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Kim Connolly on July 19, 2009 at 1:41 PM
Terrific shot, superb bird, great setting.
Posted by Cheryl Surry on July 19, 2009 at 2:51 PM
Superb :toast:
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on July 19, 2009 at 3:30 PM
Fantastic shot :smile: :smile:
Posted by Ian Haskell on July 19, 2009 at 7:04 PM
Great shot. Background looks too good to be true. Very slick capture though.

Ian
Posted by Ian Mason on July 20, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Superb!
Posted by John Varley on July 20, 2009 at 11:18 AM
Love this Danny. :toast: :toast:

John
ps my local goldies have had a good year
Posted by PhilH on July 21, 2009 at 3:42 AM
Probably as good as it gets Danny....

I'm jealous.

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