Double-banded Plover

Gallery: AvianPosted March 29, 201193 views12 comments

Another plover that was a little more obliging than the turnstones on Sunday at Port MacDonnell. This species is a trans Tasman migrant, breeding in New Zealand and wintering in Australia.

1d2n 500/f4 1.4X
ISO 400 f8 1/1000
overcast, beanbag on boogy board

cheers
Rob

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on March 29, 2011 at 8:54 AM

looks great, Rob. great low angle and nice muted color.

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Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on March 29, 2011 at 10:06 AM

Fantastic detail in the feathers Rob and the exposure is spot on, very well done my friend :^)

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on March 29, 2011 at 10:53 AM

Looks good to me as well. The understated colors are nice and I like the setting.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on March 29, 2011 at 2:50 PM

I also like the low angle Rob, but the sand on the beak really makes this even better. Might be me, but looks like it needs a tiny bit of a CCW rotation.

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on March 29, 2011 at 4:53 PM

Low angle, pose, diffuse light, sharpness, settin - all good.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on March 29, 2011 at 7:48 PM

I really like the soft colours here, along with the detail and BG - lovely!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Rick Cloran on March 29, 2011 at 8:53 PM

Nice detail and BG. Good numbers and exposure for what looks to have been pretty flat lighting.

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Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on March 29, 2011 at 9:02 PM

The subtle browns on this little one are really nice, Rob. Very nice job with the exposure, lots of detail in the whites. Nice low angle. Really nice image.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on March 29, 2011 at 9:35 PM

Lovely low angle and muted colors here Rob

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on March 30, 2011 at 8:28 AM

Nice image. I like the low angle. I'm interested in the boogy board part of this. Are you in the water with only a beanbag on the board or are you using the board on the beach?

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Comment posted by Dan Harbour on March 30, 2011 at 12:36 PM

Beautiful natural colors, sweet details and background.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on March 30, 2011 at 4:44 PM

"I'm interested in the boogy board part of this. Are you in the water with only a beanbag on the board or are you using the board on the beach? "

Hi Angela; in this case the boogy board was on the sand/seaweed but I have used it in shallow water (I've even used a double-decker set-up) and they're great to slide through mud.

cheers
Rob

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