Study in brown

Discussion

10 replies

Posted by David Sewell on June 4, 2009 at 5:42 PM

A brown bird against a brown background probably shouldn't work, but I was pleased with this curlew that I found in a ploughed field close to the road during my recent visit to Orkney.

Nikon D200, 600mm, 1/200th @f4, 320asa

Thanks for looking.

David

Posted by Craig Jones on June 4, 2009 at 6:17 PM

Very nice, so hard to get near,very jumpy birds, you have done really well here and the BG is fine

Posted by Drew Mellowship on June 4, 2009 at 7:12 PM

Very nice, simple clean and very effective, nicely captured !

Drew

Posted by Robert Lawrence on June 5, 2009 at 2:26 AM

Nice one.
Robert

Posted by Scott Tilley on June 5, 2009 at 2:32 AM

Hi David, very nice, can't complain about a bird in its natural surroundings, it works fine for me!

Scott

Posted by keith mitchell on June 5, 2009 at 3:20 AM

Hi David .
Think the bird fits its background very well,real nice image.

Keith.

Posted by Simon Litten on June 5, 2009 at 4:49 AM

A nicely executed image of one of our top birds.

Simon

Posted by Marcus Conway on June 5, 2009 at 4:53 AM

Nice tones. I wonder if this may actually be a Whimbrel though?

Posted by Brett Lewis on June 5, 2009 at 6:12 AM

Nice one David, looks almost sleepy and I'm betting you're glad you took your 600mm now.. Well done.

Brett

Posted by David Sewell on June 5, 2009 at 6:45 AM

Thanks for your comments, folks.

Marcus - I don't think this is a whimbrel, although I see what you mean looking at the bill. The lack of both a pronounced eye stripe and a crown stripe (admittedly the latter is not clear from this picture) convinced me that this was a curlew.
Brett - You are right, it tucked its head down moments after this shot was taken.

David

Posted by Bertl Menegoni on June 5, 2009 at 1:41 PM

Works great,
like it David

Bertl