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Snipe in the reeds

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Posted by Dave Bartlett on March 12, 2009 at 7:12 PM
Snipe in the reeds
Always amazed by the camouflage of these birds. Comments welcome as always.

Dave

1DMkIII + 500mm
1/800sec at f/8 and ISO200. -2/3EV
Posted by Magnus Hird on March 12, 2009 at 8:01 PM
Really nice Dave, like the palette. Had the wits scared out of me a couple of times when these fly up a few paces before they get stepped on! :smile:
Posted by Craig Jones on March 12, 2009 at 8:12 PM
Lovely photo dave, nice colours, comp,great! Well done :wink: :wink: :wink:
Posted by Bob Cox on March 12, 2009 at 8:46 PM
Nice shot all round , what a difference 1/800 at f8 with 200 iso ,the better light in very welcome.

Bob.
Posted by Simon Phillpotts on March 13, 2009 at 4:20 AM
The composition works really nicely, you can see how they blend in so well with their surroundings :smile:

Simon
Posted by Robert Lawrence on March 13, 2009 at 4:21 AM
Cracking shot. I'd be tempted to clone out the green shoot at bottom right in order to keep the 'brown' theme.
Robert
Posted by Dave Bartlett on March 13, 2009 at 5:18 AM
That is a very good point about the green shoots. I'll try and tweak those down. Thanks.

Dave
Posted by Kim Connolly on March 13, 2009 at 3:26 PM
Beautiful capture, have been trying to get a decent one for months!!
Posted by keith mitchell on March 13, 2009 at 5:24 PM
This bird fits into it's background beautifully,excellent shot.

Keith.
Posted by Fran French on March 14, 2009 at 2:46 PM
A very nice environmental shot. Nice detail in the bired too.

Fran