One Shot, Both Murres

Gallery: AvianPosted June 3, 2014127 views5 comments

Canon 1D-X, 500mm f4, lying on cliff edge
f11, 1/1000, ISO2000

It's not a great photo. The ugly, OOF outcrop is a problem. The nearer bird is soft. But for a birder, it's pretty cool. The bird on our left is a Common Murre, thinner, plain bill and brownish black color; the bird on the right is a Thick-billed Murre, thicker bill with a whitish line, and a bluish head and blacker body. You don't get side-by-side comparisons in the field very often.

85% of full frame. Selective sharpening to near bird.

C & C, please. Thanks for looking.

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on June 3, 2014 at 8:25 AM

That's pretty impressive, Jim. Nice that they both looked toward the camera too. You did well on the exposure and getting them both sharp. Now if you could just get them to push that rock out of the way.

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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on June 3, 2014 at 8:43 AM

Nice catch. You met the challenge with the whites well. The rock is a challenge.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on June 3, 2014 at 5:16 PM

My comments echo Charlie's on this one Jim. Great job technically...unfortunate about the rock, but still a great job on what you can control.

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on June 3, 2014 at 10:33 PM

Thrilling both as a birder and photog Jim, an image and an experience you won't forget I'm sure. And the photo is pretty impressive in that you captured a very unique, record shot very well. Congrats

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 3, 2014 at 10:42 PM

Neat to get them both together like this, Jim. Detail is plenty good in the near bird for this kind of image.

Well done.

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