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Young stilt

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Posted by Mike Smith on October 1, 2006 at 7:27 AM
Young stilt
Santa Pola again, waterlevels had dropped considerably since my last visit in April, and I struggled to find many stilts that were accessable, I had found this little guy and he was just starting to settle down feeding when a local resident pulled up behind me and started to closely inspect and polish his car.. :mad:

OlyE500, Nikon AIS 300F3.8 and Oly E1.4tc tripod
Posted by Vincent Jones on October 1, 2006 at 10:00 AM
Like this a lot Mike, colours look great & so does the framing of the shot together with the detail of the young Stilt's plumage. Only nit would be a slight catchlight in the eye, that's are very minor nit indeed :toast: :toast:

Vince :wavey:
Posted by Malcolm Muir on October 1, 2006 at 12:36 PM
Hi Mike

Lovely shot - well framed, sharp and nice, muted colours. Long time since I have seen one of these - great birds.

Cheers

Malcolm :toast: :toast:
Posted by Rene de Heer on October 1, 2006 at 12:47 PM
Well framed, great shot. A slight head turn would make it even better!
Rene de Heer
Posted by PhilH on October 2, 2006 at 3:55 AM
Like the pastel shades here, as said a slight head turn would have been nice, shows this elegant bird well, I guess car polishers make a change from dog walkers....

:toast:
Posted by Rob Ashton on October 2, 2006 at 12:37 PM
Superb shot and one that is to my liking. However, it may need a boost of saturation to meet the usual market requirements :wink:

Very nice. :toast:

Rob
Posted by Alan Woolnough on October 2, 2006 at 1:30 PM
Nicely done Mike,

Great bird and a fine shot!!

Alan