Redshank

Gallery: AvianPosted August 21, 2011107 views10 comments

This Common redshank is from Öland, an island in the Baltic sea. The OOF background is a wide coast meadow where the cattle graze.

Nikon D300, 500 mm x 1,4 1/1000 at f/8, ISO500

Lennart

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10 comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on August 21, 2011 at 8:05 AM

Nice pose and clarity. The comp and background work really well.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on August 21, 2011 at 8:26 AM

Lennart, I like the wing position and the crossed legs. Sharpness, exposure and light look good to my eye and the post perch is fine by me. The larger version is only 144kb and the overcompression shows IMO. There's a significant halo around the bird and a dust spot at lower left. I think this could be a fine image if presented closer to the 500 kb limit and the halo were fixed.

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Comment posted by denise ippolito on August 21, 2011 at 9:14 AM

Lennart, Beautiful pose, background and sharpness, I agree w/ Ron regarding the slight halo. Wonderful capture.

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Comment posted by Lennart Augustsson on August 21, 2011 at 11:56 AM

Thanks for your comments.
Ron, I have not notised neither the holo nor the dust before you mentioned it. Thank you for your observation.
I don´t know if I can change to a larger file size with less compression now.

Lennart

Registered on July 29, 2011, 21 Posts, 137 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on August 21, 2011 at 12:06 PM

I agree with Ron D's assessment of this shot Lennart. I believe the detail in the larger image would be much better without the overcompression of the file.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on August 21, 2011 at 1:16 PM

Funny to see your shot and Gary's back to back...were your two birds talking to one another??

Very nice capture, love the light, door and comp on this.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on August 22, 2011 at 12:42 AM

Eerie resemblance to my Yellowlegs. My bird was fighting a head wind and was trying to regain balance, assume the same thing occurred here. It does make for a more interesting posture imho. It really pays to try and max out image size for best showing. I bet this is a cool place, Oland.

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Comment posted by Michael Lotito on August 22, 2011 at 12:39 PM

Great pose and wing position! Great capture.

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Comment posted by May Haga on August 22, 2011 at 4:19 PM

Great action and beautiful background. Did you and Gary talk to each other before posting?
May

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Comment posted by Dan Walters on August 22, 2011 at 10:09 PM

Great wing position and nice background. I see a little halo around the bird.

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