Turnstone doing.............

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Posted by tony flashman on November 9, 2008 at 8:18 AM

........what Turnstones do......

Taken on the seafront of my home town, Deal, Kent. The birds are very tame, this guy was about 2 foot from the road with lots of people just walking past him. I got some strange looks though!
the beak is slightly blurred due to the speed they spin the stones over....

Nikon D300
Nikon 300mm f2.8 +1.7tc
800iso
500th sec
f7.1

Posted by Lea Roberts on November 9, 2008 at 8:42 AM

looks very good to me mate great shot.

Posted by Drew Mellowship on November 9, 2008 at 9:37 AM

I think you have done well to isolate the subject, personal preference maybe bring down the highlights a little - this may be either my monitor or just my personal preference.

good shot !

Drew

Posted by Matt Cole on November 9, 2008 at 11:21 AM

looks pretty good to me. A bit more eye contact might have been nice but no big deal.

Matt

Posted by Magnus Hird on November 9, 2008 at 12:02 PM

Very nice. Like the feather detail and setting Tony

Posted by Rob Ashton on November 9, 2008 at 12:44 PM

Very nice Turnstone Tony. The whites are a little hot but not overly.

Rob

Posted by Ian Mason on November 9, 2008 at 4:50 PM

Nice action shot. Great angle of view. Highlights look ok to me.

Posted by Ian Andrews on November 10, 2008 at 2:45 AM

I got some strange looks though!

Hardly surprising!

(Whites ok on my screen.)

Ian

Posted by PhilH on November 10, 2008 at 3:26 AM

Whites look OK here, would have liked a catchlight they certainly can turn stones quickly.

Posted by John Chapman on November 10, 2008 at 10:54 AM

Hi Tony great capture and the whites are great just a pity the eye is not lit up a bit.

Posted by Justin on November 10, 2008 at 5:02 PM

A good bit of behaviour nicely captured

Posted by Fran French on November 11, 2008 at 2:31 PM

Hi Tony,

The whites look good on my monitor too. Nice to see the bird doing what turnstones do. Well caught.

Fran