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Southern Lapwing
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Southern Lapwing

by Jefferson Silva

Gallery: AvianPosted January 7, 201554 views2 comments
This guy lives just across the street, and currently has one (or two) little cubs. There were three, one was hit by a car, one I didn't see when I took this shot.

I've cloned out a tiny branch on the bottom, which was close to the bird head.


Canon 7D, 500mm f/4.
f/7.1, 1/100, ISO 100, -0.7, @500mm, bean bag from car window

Comments

2 comments
Comment posted by John Tobias on January 8, 2015 at 10:19 PM
Looks to me like you had some strong light to work with. The light/shadow on the head area looks harsh to me. I like the pose with the bird preening. thanks for sharing.
Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments
Comment posted by David Haynes on January 8, 2015 at 11:32 PM
Very unique pose you captured here Jefferson. Neat looking bird. Really like the tuft of feathers coming out of the top of the birds head. Sounds like you'll have ample opportunity to capture some more images of this guy. Would love to see the little ones. Too bad about the one chick getting hit by a car.
Registered on February 20, 2010, 110 Posts, 1511 Comments