Camouflage

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Posted by Craig Strand on March 7, 2009 at 11:47 PM

The story goes that when the "Wardrobe Department" announced they would be handing out camouflage, the Wilson's Snipes ran to be first in line. This little guy was so well camouflaged in the grasses that I had to grab the binoculars to confirm what I was seeing. Ridgefield NWR
This is my 3rd attempt at downsizing this for NPN, their seems to be so much pixel info that getting it below 200kb is difficult without loss of really good feather detail. Now that its posted I'll leave it but I'm sorry that at this size you can't appreicate the individual feather detail and color captured on a larger image. If interested a larger view can be seen at,
http://www.craigstrandphotography.com/p43834098/h2a879d71#h2a879d71

Canon 40D
Canon 600mm f4.L + 1.4X
F/8.0
1/250
ISO 100

Posted by Cliff Dodge on March 8, 2009 at 12:37 PM

I agree, the larger image is nicer. Nice bird shots all around on your site. :)

Posted by David Schoen on March 8, 2009 at 2:37 PM

a good behavior shot but we both know the folks at avian would want more separation. I've never seen one of these before. very cool find...

Posted by Catherine Reilly on March 8, 2009 at 7:49 PM

What a find! Congrats on a great shot.

Posted by Nate Chappell on March 24, 2009 at 11:05 AM

This is a really neat shot and shows the camoflauge well Craig.