Meadow Pipit - (Anthus pratensis)

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Posted by Stephen Kaluski on May 22, 2009 at 3:17 AM

A 'snatched' shot taken early in the morning whilst waiting for the elusive Buzzard to turn up having Graham almost driving over him the previous day as we turned the bend. A very lucky escape for the kill, the startled rabbit headed for cover

Steve
MKIII 500f/4 with 1.4 1/500 f/7.1 ISO400 full frame (shot from the car window)

Posted by Ray on May 22, 2009 at 3:20 AM

A very nice little shot, I think you could have afforded to crop closer, without loosing any of the content etc., in order to emphasis the pipit a tad more.

Posted by Andy Astbury on May 22, 2009 at 3:43 AM

Nice muted tones there Anneka

I think Ray may well have a point - I think you could afford to loose a touch all the way around the image, but it's no big thing.

Posted by Chris O'Reilly on May 22, 2009 at 4:50 AM

Nice light/atmosphere.

Cheers,
Chris

Posted by Dawn Monrose on May 22, 2009 at 5:27 AM

Lovely shot, I like this as is, plenty of space for text, and room to breathe, I guess it just depends on useage.

Lovely light and pose.

Posted by David Sewell on May 22, 2009 at 7:50 AM

Nice shot - and good compensation for the buzzard, better luck tomorrow.

David

Posted by David Kjaer on May 22, 2009 at 9:30 AM

Hi Stphen

As Chris says nice atmosphere - I think both yours and a slightly tighter crop work!

David

Posted by Mark Wilson on May 22, 2009 at 11:30 AM

Very nice, I like the composition as is. Nice muted colours.

Posted by Brett Lewis on May 22, 2009 at 1:06 PM

Nicely done and I too like it as is without any crop but it's al personal taste I guess.

Brett

Posted by Craig Jones on May 23, 2009 at 6:17 AM

Very nice composition and I like the size of the bird in the frame, great detail/BG

Posted by Fran French on May 26, 2009 at 8:23 AM

Very nice Stephen

Fran