Snipe.

Gallery: AvianPosted August 30, 2011154 views18 comments

Nikon D7000
Nikon 300ml 2.8

1/60@f7.1
iso500

Taken from my car window on the only dry day we got on the North Moors,Snipe are sometimes a bit shy but this one certainly liked to pose for the camera.

For more detail please have a look at the larger image,thanks for looking and any comment you would like to make.

Keith.

Comments

18 comments

Comment posted by David Haynes on August 30, 2011 at 3:27 PM

Keith,
A snipe on a perch with really a good background, vocalizing with a good head turn and catch light in his eye??? Are you kidding me. Terrific. I might take just a smige off the top. You had really good light as well. How are you liking that D7000?

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Comment posted by Allen Brooks on August 30, 2011 at 3:51 PM

Nice perch, background, detail. Question: what is between the upper and lower bill?

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on August 30, 2011 at 4:07 PM

Thanks David and Allen,David i am really like my D7000 when i team it with my 300ml 2.8 i recon it works pretty good i have got an awful lot to learn but i do think the kit i have does make life a lot easier.
Allen it's its tongue i tried to get it showing it all but i should be very grateful for what the bird did give me.

Thanks again Keith.

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Comment posted by Robert Holguin on August 30, 2011 at 4:07 PM

Wonderful shot. Love the open bill and the warm light. Well done.

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Comment posted by Allen Brooks on August 30, 2011 at 5:10 PM

Keith,

Thanks for the explanation. It may be an illusion on my screen, but the tongue appears to be coming from outside the mouth. I guess that's what threw me off. Again, a real nice shot.

Allen

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on August 30, 2011 at 6:31 PM

A really nice look at this snipe Keith. Love the open bill, perch, and BG. Birds is sharp. To me there is a bit of a blue cast to the lighter area of the post and the bird's feathers. I am not good at judging color casts, but I think there is one happening here.

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Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on August 30, 2011 at 7:17 PM

Congrats on capturing this Snipe off of the ground, Keith. Really nice detail in the Snipe. Although not natural, that weathered post works out well as a perch. Nice clean background.

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Comment posted by Michael Lotito on August 30, 2011 at 8:39 PM

Very nice light and background. Great snipe shot!

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on August 30, 2011 at 8:42 PM

I like the soft light in this a lot Keith! I was also perplexed by the thing by the bill and it does look like it is coming from out side the mouth...however, when you look at the larger image, there is some transparent skin on the underside of the bill and you can see the beginning of the tongue through the skin.

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Comment posted by John Robinson on August 30, 2011 at 8:50 PM

Kieth
Nice Snipe shot indeed . (They never chipper like this for me.)
If you want honest critique then it is not quite sharp especially on the upper breast area especially on the large image..( and with a D7000 !! ) Maybe its my monitor - or my eyes.
JohnR

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on August 30, 2011 at 8:51 PM

Like the open beak pose, POV, and the details look excellent in the LP Keith..
Your eye follows the tongue down through the beak into its "see through" throat membrane, very cool

Great comp and BG, well done

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 30, 2011 at 9:36 PM

Beautiful, Keith. I love the view of the tongue in the open beak.

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on August 30, 2011 at 10:11 PM

Great to get one in the open and at eye level, Keith. The eye and head look sharp and the open beak & tongue add a lot. Wonderful background.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on August 30, 2011 at 11:13 PM

Love that we can see the tongue and the warm lighting on the face here Keith

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on August 31, 2011 at 11:50 AM

Nice bird, image, and composition.

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on August 31, 2011 at 2:14 PM

Thanks a lot for your comments much appreciated.

Keith.

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Comment posted by denise ippolito on August 31, 2011 at 5:27 PM

Fantastic capture with a beautiful BG. Love the pose and that it is on a perch! Nice work!

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Comment posted by May Haga on September 2, 2011 at 10:48 AM

Great action, excellent image.
May

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