Posted by Mike Smith on January 29, 2007 at 6:58 PM
Same techs as before, Portland Bill, feeding purple sandpiper, Canon 1DsII, 500 f4.5 plus 1.4 tc, ISO400, 1/90 at F9, resting on rocks / backpack, cropped slightly off the right
Posted by jack chapman on January 30, 2007 at 4:16 AM
great shot, great pose, great bird
Posted by Tim Munsey on January 30, 2007 at 4:31 AM
I like this too, great to see their environment, had a go of cropping a bit off the top but not sure.
Tim
Posted by John Chapman on January 30, 2007 at 6:41 AM
Hi Mike
I like this a lot also showing the enviroment is great.
John
Aberdeen
Posted by Rob Ashton on January 30, 2007 at 10:17 AM
Nice one Mike. Whereabouts at the Bill were these?
Might try to get there next weekend.
Rob
Posted by Mike Smith on January 30, 2007 at 11:50 AM
Hi Rob
I had 4 to the left of the Obelisk/sea watch point on the large stepped shelf (ignore the reports of 2 birds on the PB website, there are 4 birds about in a loose flock), the PS frequent the tideline boulders here (having searched about 2 miles of coastline before finding them!) the birds can be very elusive to spot - also large numbers of belly oiled Guillemots about as well.
Chesil beach - (tidal mud marsh by the CP on the RH side of the causeway has all 3 Brents species at present if you fancy some mud crawling - , several hundred dark bellied, 3 or 4 pale bellied and a black brant - I gave it a miss in the dull overcast windy conditions (- real reason the wife was in tow, so not a day to get plastered in mud, considering we drove down in her car....)
the cafe hasn't half been modernised since the last time I visited the bill! - result is the place was crawling with daytrippers even in cold windy overcast conditions - weekdays would be significantly quiter
Mike
Posted by Graham Bailey on January 30, 2007 at 12:01 PM
I like this a lot its good to see a different angle on things. The waves on the rocks make an interresting background too.
Posted by David Taylor on January 30, 2007 at 5:59 PM
Discussion
7 repliesTim
I like this a lot also showing the enviroment is great.
John
Aberdeen
Might try to get there next weekend.
Rob
I had 4 to the left of the Obelisk/sea watch point on the large stepped shelf (ignore the reports of 2 birds on the PB website, there are 4 birds about in a loose flock), the PS frequent the tideline boulders here (having searched about 2 miles of coastline before finding them!) the birds can be very elusive to spot - also large numbers of belly oiled Guillemots about as well.
Chesil beach - (tidal mud marsh by the CP on the RH side of the causeway has all 3 Brents species at present if you fancy some mud crawling - , several hundred dark bellied, 3 or 4 pale bellied and a black brant - I gave it a miss in the dull overcast windy conditions (- real reason the wife was in tow, so not a day to get plastered in mud, considering we drove down in her car....)
the cafe hasn't half been modernised since the last time I visited the bill! - result is the place was crawling with daytrippers even in cold windy overcast conditions - weekdays would be significantly quiter
Mike