Columbina Inca

I love their name. If i have a daughter, I'm gonna name her Inca.

There were taken at Hornsby Bend. Saw a couple of them feeding on the ground near the entrance of the green house. I had to move very slooooowly and lay flat on my tummy, pretending to be a log.
I was thinking about cropping out the foreground but decided to leave them uncropped because it shows the narrow DoF more clearly. Hope you like them. Thanks for looking.

I have heard of these, but never seen one before your captures Fee. What a fascinating "scaled" appearance they have. I agree w/your decision to leave the foreground in as it does add help bring the eye more quickly to what the main focus of the image is. Very nicely accomplished....on your tummy -
And I agree, Inca would make a beautiful name for a young lady.

Lovely shots Fee. Worth a bit of discomfort (crawling) to get them.

Good decision to leave the foreground in, Fee. These are wonderful. The bird reminds me a bit of a mourning dove.

That low angle makes for great shots... beautiful bird and the natural detail is exceptional.

Dave

nice shots

CamFan01 wrote in post #13818584
I have heard of these, but never seen one before your captures Fee. What a fascinating "scaled" appearance they have. I agree w/your decision to leave the foreground in as it does add help bring the eye more quickly to what the main focus of the image is. Very nicely accomplished....on your tummy -
And I agree, Inca would make a beautiful name for a young lady.

Thanks Steve. Yeah, the scaled plumage really provides some details. They are my favorite dove to photograph so far.

2slo wrote in post #13818609
Lovely shots Fee. Worth a bit of discomfort (crawling) to get them.

I appreciate you stopping by Mark.

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #13819458
Good decision to leave the foreground in, Fee. These are wonderful. The bird reminds me a bit of a mourning dove.

Thanks for the kind words Levina. Glad you like them.

dgraham329 wrote in post #13820808
nice shots

Thanks for the comment Dean.

dbriz wrote in post #13820693
That low angle makes for great shots... beautiful bird and the natural detail is exceptional.

Dave

Your comment is very appreciated Dave. Cheers!

Nice, good use of DOF and shooting angle.

Good shots, Fee. I would have mistaken one for a common dove. Please re-think your daughter's name though.

L.J.G. wrote in post #13830768
Nice, good use of DOF and shooting angle.

I appreciate your comment Llyod. Cheers.

sparker1 wrote in post #13833660
Good shots, Fee. I would have mistaken one for a common dove. Please re-think your daughter's name though.

Hi Stan. How could you mistaken Inca for a common name?

missed these, sorry Fee, been rather busy. Great shots.

Very nice Fee ,never have seen on of these .They have really nice markings . Great captures well worth getting on the ground for.