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Kittiwake ( juvenile )

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Posted by Andy Shepherd on July 28, 2009 at 3:57 AM
Kittiwake ( juvenile )
Morning all,

Kittiwake, photograhed this juvenile the other day on the east coast, thanks for looking.

Processed in DPP / CS2 ( Cropped )

1D3, 500F4IS+1.4T/c, Gitzo, Wimberley
1600th @ F8 -2/3rds Ex-comp iso200

All comments welcome

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Craig Jones on July 28, 2009 at 6:01 AM
Very nice BIF shot, light looks harsh, but you've held it together very well here, love the markings+ colours/BG. Crop is great Andy :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on July 28, 2009 at 8:35 AM
Cheers Craig, much appreciated :toast:

Maybe I should have posted a Pine Marten instead :confused:

Andy...
Posted by Rob Ashton on July 28, 2009 at 9:11 AM
Nice clean image Andy. Handled well in the conditions.

Rob :toast:

Pine Martins are fine but I couldn't eat a whole one. :wink:
Posted by jack chapman on July 28, 2009 at 1:10 PM
love the markings on these, great pose and composition too
Posted by Lee Newman on July 28, 2009 at 3:52 PM
A nice sharp Kittiwake showing the markings off nicely, good pose & comp.
looks like a very bright day.

Lee
Posted by Paul Ashton on July 28, 2009 at 3:58 PM
A very difficult subject Andy. Getting them in the frame, sharp and correctly exposed is incredibly hard. Top marks for this one.
Posted by Graeme Lee on July 28, 2009 at 4:51 PM
Very nice Andy. Nice and big in the frame, just how I like it with a good pose and whites are pretty good too. :toast:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on July 28, 2009 at 6:34 PM


Many thanks to those who took the time to comment, cheers guys :toast:

Best regards

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Nick on July 28, 2009 at 6:47 PM
Hi Andy,

Nice shot - shows the markings nicely. Where there plenty of youngsters around? Kitti's haven't been having a good time the last few years :frown:.
Posted by Andy Shepherd on July 28, 2009 at 7:06 PM

Hi Nick,

I haven't seen that many to be honest, but I'm not sure if numbers are down at Bempton, not so long ago a friend told me that a 380 tonne piece of cliff face dropped into the sea, just down from Staple Newark watch point, taking a couple of thousand nests with it, so I would imagine that if numbers are down that event had a big part to play.

Andy...
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on July 29, 2009 at 5:49 AM
Lovely and well composed flight shot, Andy. The pose is very nice. :smile:
Posted by John Robinson on July 29, 2009 at 6:51 AM
Grand shot Andy.
I certainly must get to a coast somewhere.
JohnR
Posted by Helge Sorensen on July 29, 2009 at 5:22 PM
Great BG to show off the nice marking of the young Kittiwake, well done! :toast:
Posted by David Taylor on July 29, 2009 at 7:32 PM
Missed this for some reason. Excellent in-flight shot demonstrating great timing and focusing skills.

:toast: :toast: :jump:
Posted by Peter Woods on July 30, 2009 at 3:05 AM
Lovely image, well done :smile:

You have held the whites well :smile:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on July 30, 2009 at 4:48 AM


Cheers guys :toast:

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Nick on July 30, 2009 at 10:18 AM
Hi Andy,

A landslip wouldn't help, but wouldn't have much effect overall. Kitti's have had several poor years for breeding, the more so the further north they've nested. Over the last few years some nests have only fledged a single chick, some none. The colonies further south (ie into yorkshire) tend to have a couple of chicks fledge from each nest.

I was interested as the seabirds seem to have had a bit better fishing season this year - at least early on they did.

:wavey: