A Killdeer Reflects
Leaving early yesterday morning for work, I swung past our community’s small tidal inlet behind the tennis courts for a quick sneak-peek of who might be resting or feeding. The sun is to my back here in the mornings. The tide was out. The best time to check!
I was wonderfully surprised to find a Killdeer with a buddy. The buddy comes later.
I did not have my teleconverter on my 70-200mm lens. I am sooo disappointed about that! But I am still very happy with the cropping I was able to do to bring him closer to the screen.
The Killdeer offered me a wonderful session as I photographed from behind the tall dead marsh grass, shooting between the stalks. (And not always successful as they swayed!) I had a little difficulty with the partial shading too.
You know me, I have a tough time picking just one or two of a good thing. 🙂
I told you! 🙂
And so who was the Killdeer’s buddy? An American Robin. Here’s my best shot of both together in one frame. I couldn’t believe I finally got the opportunity with both giving a side body reflection at the same time. That’s called luck!
Killdeer and American Robin
Mr. Robin doesn’t want to be outdone and will show off his reflections in my next post.
Thanks for stopping by and have a super Spring weekend!
I love those photos! The colors and the reflection effect are terrific! Good work Donna! 🙂 Have a good weekend and don’t forget your teleconverter again!
Thanks so much HJ, and I won’t again! 🙂
These would be very good photos of the killdeer even without the reflections, bu since you captured the reflections so well, these are awesome!
Thanks so much Jerry! I’ve had a lot of fun photographing these birds before, but this time it was the best!
Fantastic shots! Love the reflections of this beautiful bird! Keep them coming…
Thanks so much Joleen! I really like their neck bands which made their reflections really interesting.
beautiful! love the reflections!
Thank you very much! Always an extra joy when reflections occur! 🙂
These are absolutely gorgeous photos.
Thank you very much, I think I smiled all the way to work that morning. 🙂
Beautiful light.
Thanks Tom! I did worry a little when shooting because of the shadows of the grass since I had no control of where they were standing but I did luck out I think.
Nice images. I liked seeing how the light changed as the pictures progressed.
Thanks Jane, I was glad myself when he kept moving to the left so he’d get out of the partial shading and grass shoots.
Beautiful birds!
They sure are, thanks Cornel!
Keep an eye out for little ones since they should start nesting soon. Nothing cuter than baby ones hiding under Mom’s wing.
I will! The past two Springs we’ve had little ones running around in this area, even on the tennis courts’ pavement. Yes they are cuties!
These are the best reflections I have ever seen! Amazing work Donna! 😀 xx
I’m pretty pleased with them, I love doing reflection shots of anything. Birds of course top the list! 🙂 Thanks so much Becky!!