Pacific Golden Plover Jones Beach NY

Posted by Jimmy G on Sun Sep 07, 2003 6:54 pm

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Well yesterday it was a Hudsonian Godwit at Jamaica Bay today it was a Golden Plover at Jones Beach I guess I had a good couple of days.

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by Bob Ettinger on Sun Sep 07, 2003 7:36 pm

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Jimmy,

So this is what they look like. Nice one and one small nit, you might take out that twig on the right.

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by Jimmy G on Sun Sep 07, 2003 7:44 pm

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Bob Ettinger wrote:Jimmy,

So this is what they look like. Nice one and one small nit, you might take out that twig on the right.

It's a piece of sea weed and I like it is a beach after all.

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by Jim Urbach on Sun Sep 07, 2003 7:56 pm

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Jimmy, Lovely image. I'm impressed by just how quickly he's lost the breeding plummage.

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by KK Hui on Sun Sep 07, 2003 8:07 pm

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This is an exceedingly nice and simple image, Jimmy!

BTW, do you find the images rather soft and require a fair amount of usm to 'restore it' when taken with your setup viz 10D + 500/4 IS + 2x ?

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by E.J. Peiker on Sun Sep 07, 2003 8:16 pm

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Out of curiosity, how were you able to positively ID this as a Pacific Golden Plover? This is way out of their migration path by a quarter of the planet. Are you sure it isn't an American golden Plover?

Regardless its an excellent photo.

Back later - I found it on the NY listserv - this is the first ever Pacific Golden Plover in NY.

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by Jim Probst on Sun Sep 07, 2003 8:35 pm

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Jimmy,

I love the simplicity and beauty of this image! Well done!

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by Dennis Olivero on Sun Sep 07, 2003 9:11 pm

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Sweet sweet sweet Jimmy G, congratulations!

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by Attila on Sun Sep 07, 2003 9:49 pm

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Jimmy this is excellent, don't clone nothing out!

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by RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto on Sun Sep 07, 2003 11:24 pm

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I would also clone out the thing in the sand on the right. Aside from that it would be a 5

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by Scott Allen on Mon Sep 08, 2003 6:40 am

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Very well done Jimmy. Don't change a thing.

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Great light and shooting to you all!

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by Mike Danzenbaker on Mon Sep 08, 2003 11:10 am

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Jim Urbach wrote:Jimmy, Lovely image. I'm impressed by just how quickly he's lost the breeding plummage.

Jim

Being a juvenile, it hasn't actually lost breeding plumage

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Jimmy, great photo, and I wouldn't mess with the seaweed.

To tell you the truth, given the long primary extension, I wouldn't have considered this a Pacific Golden Plover.

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by Heather Forcier on Mon Sep 08, 2003 1:47 pm

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Whatever bird it might be, I love the alert pose and look in its eye. With a beautiful sand beach and blue background, what a great shot!

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by James McIntyre on Mon Sep 08, 2003 4:52 pm