AcrobaticLaplandLongspur

Gallery: AvianPosted February 20, 2015238 views8 comments

This image was made on a recent trip to Cape Cod. The bird was eating grass seed as it descended down the stalk upside down.
Nikon d7000
Nikon 600mm f4
ISO 800 1/640 f5.6

You can view a larger version and read more about this image on my blog at this link:
http://blog.greglessardphotography.com/2015/02/acrobatic-lapland-longspur.html

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Jerry Austin on February 20, 2015 at 11:33 PM

Wow! I really like this. So unusual. Love that outstretched wing. Well done.

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Comment posted by Lucy VanSwearingen on February 21, 2015 at 12:24 AM

Wonderful shot..

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Comment posted by John Neukirch on February 21, 2015 at 7:49 AM

An unusual pose in a wonderful setting. Very nicely handled. Cloning out the stem coming into the back of his head might make the bird pop a bit more. Great action shot with the wing position none the less.

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on February 21, 2015 at 11:54 AM

Excellent piece of work catching this feeding pose.

Keith.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on February 21, 2015 at 7:59 PM

I really like the wing position and the action in this. I also like the bent grass. I always have a lot of fun shooting these smaller birds (longspurs, sparrows, etc.) on grass in the winter, so I think this is very cool. I do think the bird seems a bit dark and might lighten the shadows and bring up the blacks a bit selectively on this bird.

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on February 21, 2015 at 8:53 PM

Hi Greg,

I'd love to see the larger version. The outstretched wing is very nice.......Jim

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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on February 22, 2015 at 7:04 PM

Great action shot. Very unusual.

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Comment posted by Greg Lessard on February 27, 2015 at 8:46 PM

Thank you everyone for the comments and criticism!

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