White-fronted Plover

I didn't have many cracks at shorebirds on this trip; hippos and crocs made it difficult to crawl around in wetlands and the palearctic migrants weren't present during these winter months. Enter the White-fronted Plover, a widespread, non-migratory resident which I approached on this predator-free beachfront. A distant breaking wave supplied the white glow in the background, and I'm really happy with the specular highlights below the subject, those resulting from out-of-focus bubbles at water's edge.

Wilderness, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 8/5/11
Canon 600mm f/4 IS II + 1.4x III on EOS R5
1/4000 at f/7.1, ISO 800