Snipe w/fish

Gallery: AvianPosted January 6, 2011159 views14 comments

Caught this Snipe (same bird as previous post) with a small killifish.

Nikon D300s 300 f4 + 1.7X TC resting on pillow out of car window
f/7.1
1/1000s
ISO 500

RAW (this was after I realized I had been shooting in .JPEG) Cropped to just 40% of original, sharpened using Smart Sharpen and USM, levels adjustment in CS5 on 27" iMac

- Luke

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Harry Harris on January 6, 2011 at 10:05 PM

I like the behavior capture and composition with the enviornment. It gives me a since of the bird.

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Comment posted by Terry Sohl on January 6, 2011 at 10:25 PM

Cool Luke! Wouldn't have guessed the crop, even looking at the large. I like the habitat with the slanted dead veg (?) in the background too.

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Comment posted by Sally King on January 6, 2011 at 10:32 PM

Definitely good for such a large crop. Love the food in the bill.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on January 6, 2011 at 11:40 PM

The fish makes the image for me. Nicely done.

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Comment posted by Michael Twaddell on January 7, 2011 at 12:10 AM

I rarely see a Snipe, let alone get a shot of one, and the fish is for sure an added bonus! Nice image, Luke.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on January 7, 2011 at 1:22 AM

I find these guys incredibly skittish, they are usually gone as soon as they see me. So good job just getting a photo and with interesting feeding behavior to boot. A slight drop in contrast, presumably from the crop, but over all a pleasing shot Luke.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on January 7, 2011 at 10:11 AM

I really like the fish in this Luke...my only nit is the bird doesn't have great seperation from the BG for my taste. I might have only used f/4 or f/5.6 for this shot to creat more seperation from the BG since these guys tend to blend more with thier surroundings. Also with the side profile and the large crop, either of those settings should have given you plenty of DOF.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on January 7, 2011 at 11:28 AM

Kurt,

Because I was using a 300 f4 + 1.7X TC max aperture was f/6.7

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Comment posted by Dan Moore on January 7, 2011 at 11:42 AM

He looks rather pleased with himself. I enjoyed this one very much!

Dan

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Comment posted by KC Choo on January 7, 2011 at 8:16 PM

Well done, Luke - I don't think I've ever seen a Snipe with fish.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on January 7, 2011 at 10:25 PM

Love the fish Luke - makes an excellent shot even better.

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on January 8, 2011 at 2:45 AM

Great catch for bird and photographer.

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Comment posted by Geoffrey Baker on January 8, 2011 at 3:56 PM

A good behavioural image