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Red-capped Plover[edit]

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Original - Red-capped Plover (Charadrius ruficapillus), Orford, Tasmania, Australia
Reason
I think I crawled about 500m on my belly during the course of the day where I got this shot. Heat haze became a very significant problem during the middle of the day (I couldn't get a sharp shot until some cloud cover came for a while). This is the best image available by far of a small and fairly wary species.
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Red-capped Plover
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Noodle snacks
  • Support as nominator --Noodle snacks (talk) 08:55, 3 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Another good shot. In this case, even though DOF is shallow, you get a really good sense of the environment with the shells dotted around, and the hint of the shore behind. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 09:57, 3 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak support, I'm not as sure about this one, but I do love the shells, as Diliff says. J Milburn (talk) 11:44, 3 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support good image, but tail is a bit out of focus. Nergaal (talk) 06:28, 4 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support somehow I get the feeling that the focus is not quite right; i.e. it is focused on its wing instead of its eye and beak or something. Not sure, but it seems sharp and encyclopedic enough to deserve my support. Purpy Pupple (talk) 07:12, 4 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support --George Chernilevsky talk 08:44, 5 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support -- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 14:29, 5 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - SMasters (talk) 08:25, 10 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Charadrius ruficapillus.jpg --Jujutacular talk 15:02, 13 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]