Snipe wing stretch

Gallery: AvianPosted January 16, 2015182 views6 comments

Snipe
Good to see good numbers of these back in the scrape we dug out for them.
D200
Sigma 50-500mm
160th @f8
640 ISO
60% of frame
JohnR

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6 comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on January 16, 2015 at 10:07 AM

Great shot of a Snipe - they are so hard to get shots of, let alone out in the open. For some reason the "larger" photo is the same size as the one posted, just so you know.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on January 16, 2015 at 10:17 AM

John,
Not wishing to be insulting to anyone this is so much better, than the other recently posted image, was it taken in the same area?

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Comment posted by John Robinson on January 16, 2015 at 11:21 AM

Thanks both Old age !! Can the mods help - I can't find a way to put the right one on- the big one
Cheers
JohnR
ken- No this is a local wet area where we cleared a load of vegetation and created a scrape. We only get them in the Winter along with the odd jack Snipe.

If the mods want to drag the correct pic off my PC the path is
Data (D:)
BIRDPHOTNET/Snipebig

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Comment posted by Alberto Patiño on January 16, 2015 at 12:01 PM

Gorgeous detail !! And very natural colors too

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Comment posted by Scott Frye on January 18, 2015 at 2:26 PM

Gorgeous colors on the Snipe -- very nice picture of a bird I cant get close to

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on January 24, 2015 at 6:58 AM

Now that's my type of snipe - we dig and you'll come! Great shot John

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