Lonely Shorebird

Phil U.Phil U. Registered Users Posts: 1,330 Major grins
edited December 21, 2005 in Wildlife
It's not very often I shoot any wildlife so I thought I should share this one.

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  • Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
    edited December 19, 2005
    You should shoot birds more often Phil :D

    This is a nicely done pic thumb.gif The bird is well exposed and I like the diagonal line of water spiltting the frame. Good composition clap.gif


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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited December 20, 2005
    Steve Cavigliano wrote:
    You should shoot birds more often Phil :D

    This is a nicely done pic thumb.gif The bird is well exposed and I like the diagonal line of water spiltting the frame. Good composition clap.gif


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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited December 20, 2005
    And that is a wild one, too, Phil! I know. They run this way and that way. I sit and shoot seagulls, but I love these little ones. They are always on the go with me, though. I find them difficult to "capture".

    Good Catch,

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  • jmlapointjmlapoint Registered Users Posts: 36 Big grins
    edited December 20, 2005
    Real nicethumb.gif
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  • atomicjadeatomicjade Registered Users Posts: 69 Big grins
    edited December 20, 2005
    This is a very nice image, I love it! The composition is wonderful, you should shoot birds more often :D
  • Art ScottArt Scott Registered Users Posts: 8,959 Major grins
    edited December 20, 2005
    ylsuper.gif Yeah great job!!!
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  • RohirrimRohirrim Registered Users Posts: 1,889 Major grins
    edited December 20, 2005
    Nice capture Phil. The only way I could see to improve it would be to have that "catch light" in the birds eye.
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  • Phil U.Phil U. Registered Users Posts: 1,330 Major grins
    edited December 21, 2005
    Wow - thanks everyone for the comments.

    Here's the story behind this shot: This was in Puerto Rico last month. My wife and I were enjoying a nice warm evening on the beach at the end of the airport runway (watching the planes takeoff). At some point a little cluster of these guys came up the beach so between planes I started chasing them around. All of them but this guy left. He of course wouldn't let me get too close but did end up with a couple nice poses - one of which you see above. The downside is that I did not have the flash-gun mounted so no catchlight as Steve mentioned.

    Not exactly wildlife but here's a couple of the metal birds I was shooting that evening (hope you don't mind):

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