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Kentish Plover (M)

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Posted by Ray on February 28, 2009 at 9:57 PM
Kentish Plover (M)
Same bird as my previous shot.

Taken from car, 600mm f/4 + 1.4 con., 1/250 sec @ f13, tripod mounted, electrical cable release (MC-20) used. PP in CS2. Full Frame
Posted by Justin on March 1, 2009 at 3:07 AM
A nice shot of an attractive species. :toast:
Posted by Jeroen Stel on March 1, 2009 at 5:00 AM
A species i would love to have in my files and i really like the setting.
Would have preferred a less central placement of the Plover but that's nitpicking a lovely shot.

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by Craig Jones on March 1, 2009 at 5:06 AM
Very nice photo ray of a bird that's hard to find/see :smile: bg nice and colours ,the only thing for me is it's to much in the centre :eek: .

All The Best

Craig jones
Staffordshire
:wavey:
Posted by Barry Southon on March 1, 2009 at 5:45 AM
Ray

Why do we take photographs of avian species?

Maybe for identification or record. Artistic impression or activity data. The sheer challenge.

Why is central positioning so wrong? It appears to be the most common nit on this forum I have never understood why. I've seen some great central positioned subjects which display fantastic detail.

Barry :wink:
Posted by Lewis Thomson on March 1, 2009 at 5:57 AM
The central position doesn't bother me too much, I think the bird is just small enough in the frame to pull it off. Nice looking bird!

Lewis.
:toast: :biggrin:
Posted by Barrie Courtenay on March 1, 2009 at 9:50 AM
Nice detailed shot of lovely looking bird

:toast: :toast:
Posted by Ray on March 1, 2009 at 9:54 AM
Barry

I’ll send you an e-mail later today, I’m not being a secret squirrel, it’s just that from experience, if I answered as I feel your comments deserve, then this thread will diversify away from the initial reasons that I posted it as I did, and I’ll have to reach for my hard hat again.

I will say this tho’, that on a personal note, I do think the image would be improved with cropping, but I wanted others thoughts, without imposing my own. Which is why I always post full frame.
Posted by Dave Cordery on March 1, 2009 at 12:29 PM
The bird stands out really well regardless of it's position a very nice sharp picture.

Dave C :toast:
Posted by Simon Litten on March 1, 2009 at 6:08 PM
Nice shot, Ray, exposure spot on. Low point of view works well.
Awful lot of dust bunnies on show though - might want to get the clone stamp out!


Simon
Posted by Ian Schofield on March 2, 2009 at 8:25 AM
lovely shot Ray, centre works for me
Posted by David Sewell on March 2, 2009 at 1:59 PM
The bird stands out superbly from the background. I'd prefer to see it to one side looking into the picture, but that's just me.

I certainly think it is one of the best shots you have ever posted on here.

David

:toast:
Posted by Magnus Hird on March 2, 2009 at 3:03 PM
Very crisp, nicely exposed, cracking setting. Top shot :smile: