Bar-tailed Godwit

Gallery: AvianPosted February 3, 2013108 views12 comments

Bar-tailed Godwit photographed on New South Wales south coast in December.

Canon 5D MkIII, EF500 f/4 + 1.4x, handheld, ISO 400, f/6.3, 1/2500, a dark patch in foreground digitally removed, cropped for composition.

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on February 3, 2013 at 4:07 PM

Beautiful light! Love the BG colours that go perfectly with the bird and sand colouring.
Nice detail and great pose from the bird.

Sandy

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on February 3, 2013 at 4:40 PM

Terrific image as posted. Simple and effective. Nice detail,pose, setting, exposure, etc.

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Comment posted by Basri Akcasoy on February 3, 2013 at 4:42 PM

Nice lean composition, exposure as well. TFS.

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Comment posted by Max Waugh on February 3, 2013 at 5:05 PM

Perfect amount of DoF, Simon. As Sandy mentioned, the background colors fit the subject perfectly (or perhaps vice versa

).

Max

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on February 3, 2013 at 10:08 PM

Love the low angle, BG, colors and detail. nice work Simon.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on February 4, 2013 at 5:18 AM

Richard said it all

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on February 4, 2013 at 8:12 AM

Excellent. great colors, perfect low angle, excellent details. looks great to me, Simon.

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Comment posted by May Haga on February 4, 2013 at 1:49 PM

Excellent pose, nice light, nice low angle. Doesn't get any better than this.
May

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Comment posted by Verdon on February 4, 2013 at 3:10 PM

wow, beautiful soft light, colors and detail, well done

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on February 4, 2013 at 5:12 PM

Lovely angle and perfect dof, Simon. I like the sand on the beak.