semipalmated plover in flight

[arash_hazeghi]

• NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D850
• 600.0 mm f/4.0
• ƒ/5.6
• 850mm
• 1/4000s
• ISO 640
• Sun, 01 April 2018 4:57 PM
• (C) 2018 Arash Hazeghi
• Capture One 11 Macintosh

Here is another semipalmated plover frame from Foster City back in Winter. This series was one of the first frames I got with my Nikon D850 and 600 FL. for many years before I had shot at this location and while I had many frames from a variety of species, I had never been quite successful in capturing tack sharp flight images of the semipalmated. The Nikon AF system did the magic right away delivering not just one or two but literally tens of flight images from this specie, every single time. It felt almost stupid....




Hope you like this frame

Shot with D850 600 FL + TC14-E III ISO 640 1/3200sec f/5.6 hand held. Processed with C1P

 

[arash_hazeghi]

PS. I know about the double catch light but I like it that way, in the RAW file I can almost see the sun below the clouds and its reflection in the pupil :bg3:

 

[annmpacheco]

Looks top notch to me Arash, you nailed it! Feeling "stupid" has its rewards eh!

 

[Bill Dix]

A beautiful flight frame of this little speedster. Just a touch of head turn works for me. Nicely done.

 

[Joseph Przybyla]

Well done, Arash. No easy task to keep up with these little guys. How much of a crop for this image, knowing that it is a very small bird? Thank you for sharing.

 

[John Mack]

Looks great. Very nice pose on the bird and the details look great. Killer background. Is this cropped or full frame?

 

[Alex Becker]

Sweet pose details and BG. Whats not to like here. I love seeing the trailing feet. I'd love to get some frames like what you've been getting of these shorebirds in flight. Gotta make my way out to CA eventually! TFS

 

[Tim Foltz]

Arash, nice inflight of this plover, nice details, color, and HA.

-Tim

 

[arash_hazeghi]

thanks everyone

 

[arash_hazeghi]

Well done, Arash. No easy task to keep up with these little guys. How much of a crop for this image, knowing that it is a very small bird? Thank you for sharing.

Hi Joe, this was about 40% of the original frame or 18 mega pixels after cropping.

best

 

[Arthur Morris]

Wicked. The D850 can stand up to large, even huge crops.

with love, artie

 

[arash_hazeghi]

Hey Arti 40% crop of the D850 has more pixels than a full frame image from D5 or 1DX! It is crazy ��

 

[Arthur Morris]

Hey Arti 40% crop of the D850 has more pixels than a full frame image from D5 or 1DX! It is crazy ��

Duh. Me thinks that I have been telling you that

with love, a

 

[Mike Poole]

All been said already, so I'll just add my admiration for this lovely frame

Mike

 

[William Dickson]

Yep, it sure is a cracker ...Well done

Will

 

[arash_hazeghi]

Thank you all