Done bathing, outta here!


Posted by chiwang on Fri Oct 07, 2005 5:40 pm

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Taken this past Wednesday on a foggy morning with the tide coming in almost half way. These semipalmated plovers & their larger American Golden counterparts do their bathing ritual after the water overwhelms the sand flats, where they feed, and pushes them to the pebbled part of the beach. They typically jump into the air and flag their wings a few times afterwards and then proceed to preening.
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I was actually looking to shoot the 'jump-and-flap' routine of the American Golden plovers but luck was not with me, although I'm not unhappy with getting a decent full-frontal shot of this semipalmated doing the same :mrgreen:

Comments appreciated & thanks for looking.

D2H, af-s ii 400mm f2.8 w/tc-2x
1/2500 sec, f/6.3, manual, is0 400


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by Ofer Levy on Fri Oct 07, 2005 6:02 pm
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Lovely pose - great timing! :)
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by KK Hui on Fri Oct 07, 2005 6:28 pm
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A moment well captured, chiwang!
May be just a tad over sharpened ...
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by Kim Steininger on Fri Oct 07, 2005 7:01 pm
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Love the pose you captured! 8)
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by Vince Thomas on Fri Oct 07, 2005 8:24 pm
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Love the wing position Chiwang... some fill flash might have helped a bit, but very nice as is! :)
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by Neil Fitzgerald on Fri Oct 07, 2005 9:55 pm
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I love it :D
 

by Steve Cirone on Sat Oct 08, 2005 12:57 am
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by Ivan on Sat Oct 08, 2005 1:25 pm
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It's really excellent photo!!! Congrats!
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by Mpresti on Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:33 pm
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Great action, timing and composition!
The catchlight looks too artificial.
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by Debski on Tue Oct 11, 2005 2:52 am
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:) I LOVE this action in your face nice contrast, toes jusp out of the water. SWEET San Diego Deb
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by Debski on Tue Oct 11, 2005 2:52 am
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:) I LOVE this action in your face nice contrast, toes jusp out of the water. SWEET San Diego Deb
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