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Gallery: AvianPosted February 8, 2017172 views3 comments

The Hawaiian subspecies of the Black-necked Stilt. Another one from the Taro Ponds at Hanalei NWR on Kauai. I never got a shot at one of these in the open as they were always in the ponds, but I kind of liked the way this one was framed by the taro leaves.

7Dii, Sigma 150-600 C @ 546 mm, hand held, f/8, 1/400, iso 1250, aperture priority, pattern metering, -1/3 EV. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Cropped to a 14.3 MP 4x5 before resizing. Taken at 8:11 AM on January 29th.

Please view the large image, if possible.

Comments and criticisms are most welcome.

Thanks,

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on February 8, 2017 at 9:50 PM

Very nice image of this fellow. They were everywhere when we were there, including in roadside puddles. I like the additional black on the head over the eyes and halfway to the beak on these Hawaiian stilts, as opposed to our black-necks.
They all have beautiful red eyes, so i wonder if you can pull out some of the red eye here?
Very nicely framed by the greenery!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on February 9, 2017 at 3:06 PM

What a nice setting, Dennis..... Interesting bird, would love to see it some day. This would make me have to go back to Kauai, but who would mind that enlightened

? Great shot ! Hans

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on February 9, 2017 at 3:08 PM

Wonderful detail in the larger version. I agree with you about the framing. It looks really nice.

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