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Little Ringed Plover


Little Ringed Plover
Photo Information
Copyright: Pekka Valo (pekkavalo1) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 385 W: 53 N: 1543] (4957)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-07-11
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 1D Mark III, Canon EF 400mm f4.0 DO IS USM, RAW ISO 800, Canon EF 1.4x Extender II
Exposure: f/9.0, 1/640 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): CeltickRanger's favorite Bird photos [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-07-28 0:37
Viewed: 327
Points: 20
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
An adult Little Ringed Plover at Scaling Reservoir in Noth Yorkshire. Raining and very low light.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

The Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) is a small plover.
Adults have a grey-brown back and wings, a white belly, and a white breast with one black neckband. They have a brown cap, a white forehead, a black mask around the eyes with white above and a short dark bill. The legs are flesh-coloured and the toes are all webbed.
This species differs from the larger Ringed Plover in leg colour, the head pattern, and the presence of a clear yellow eye-ring.
Their breeding habitat is open gravel areas near freshwater, including gravel pits, islands and river edges in Europe and western Asia. They nest on the ground on stones with little or no plant growth. Both male and female take turn to incubate the eggs.
They are migratory and winter in Africa. These birds forage for food on muddy areas, usually by sight. They eat insects and worms.
The Little Ringed Plover is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
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  • Great 
  • eliz Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 65 W: 5 N: 120] (679)
  • [2008-07-28 2:26]

i think you let to much space over the top

  • Great 
  • cloud Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 117 W: 63 N: 253] (2043)
  • [2008-07-28 3:05]

Hello Pekka,
The bird is very sharp and BG is fine only too much space for BG.
Regards, Pawel

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  • gannu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 996 W: 4 N: 2568] (11866)
  • [2008-07-28 4:51]

Hello Pekka, Nice composition and note note too. Well presented with superb sharpness. Thanks for sharing this beauty. Ganesh

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1897 W: 8 N: 4947] (15987)
  • [2008-07-28 9:47]

Hi Pekka,

A beautiful Little Ring Plover in a nice natural setting. The bird is razor sharp with excellent details of his face and plummage. I love the yellow ring around the eye.

Jane

  • Great 
  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2750 W: 147 N: 7933] (24699)
  • [2008-07-29 3:34]

Hello Pekka,
The use of ISO 800 does not worsen the quality of this image.
This wet Little Ringed Plover is sharp, taken from a fine POV and set in a great composition in the rain.
TFS this beauty,
Ivan

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2124 W: 9 N: 5953] (22504)
  • [2008-07-29 14:02]

Hi Pekka. with the weatehr you had to put up with this is a good pictures. The bird looks a bit fed up . You have captured fine detail and natural colours. well done TFS.
Nick..

Hello Pekka,

What a good, sharp capture of this littl plover. The details are very good, I can appreciate how it closes its foot as it lifts its leg to walk.
I like the dof you have chosen as it allows us to take note of the habitat.

Kind regards,
Bev :-)

  • Great 
  • efsus Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 289 W: 22 N: 346] (1802)
  • [2008-07-29 22:20]

Merhaba Pekka,
Çok hoş bir Küçük Halkalı Cılıbıt [TR] karesi bu. Renkler ve kompozisyon çok başarılı. Yeni karelerinizde görüşmek üzere. Hoşçakal.
Hüseyin

Hello Pekka. I like the framing here giving me the beautiful view of the habitat. The bird sits right on the sweet spot in sharp exposure of the plumage. Brilliant work and thanks for sharing. Best regards. Jusni

hello Pekka

this is a superb shot of the Little Ringed Plover,
i love the excellent density of the colours,
fine POV, DOF and framing, excellent sharpness and details,

TFS

Asbed

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