Run Away

Gallery: AvianPosted October 27, 20155,772 views5 comments

Shore birds on the beach near Bodega Bay, California. A lot of fun watching these litte birds dodge the waves. I rarely photograph birds and rarely take an image with out a tripod. This may be my first avian image posted on NPN ever! This was taken hand held at 1/2000 sec, f/8, ISO 400 with my Canon 5D Mark III and Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L at 200mm. Interested in hearing your critiques and comment since this is something new for me. Also, does anyone know the type of shorre bird? Thanks for havng a look.

Correction - This was not Half Moon Bay, but Bodega Bay where Alfred Hitcock's classic "The Birds" was filmed in part.

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5 comments

Comment posted by Jim Erhardt on October 27, 2015 at 7:45 PM

Eva, I liked this photo as soon as I saw it on your FB page. The repeating pattern of the water line encroaching from the right with the group of birds in the lowest portion of the frame sharp/in-focus, with the rest OOF, works really well. A really excellent photo IMO!

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on October 27, 2015 at 8:13 PM

I agree with Jim, a really nice scene with crisp detail in that lower group. Wasn't sure about the squarish crop at first... but it works great for the composition. The birds may be Sanderlings, but I'm not a shorebird expert. Somebody will know. Great shot Eva! devil

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Comment posted by Stephen Stanton on October 27, 2015 at 9:51 PM

Eva, nice shot of Sanderlings, a winter over shore bird, playing "tag" with the waves never gets old. I would be tempted to crop showing only the in focus group .

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on October 28, 2015 at 12:03 AM

I like this, Eva. Flock images are always difficult, but the incoming wave and variety of responses in the birds makes this work well. I also like the landscape scale of the image, so for my taste, there's no reason to cop it.

devil

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on October 28, 2015 at 10:47 AM

Eva, this is a great catch on shorebird action, with the foreground group nice and sharp with lots of action and the background birds giving context. Your comp. works very well.

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