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A bit of a stretch

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Posted by Deborah Armour on August 31, 2009 at 3:20 PM
Tony's dotterel was proving popular at Sandwich, largely ignoring the antics of everyone sun-bathing on the beach. Just to be different to Tony, this one was taken during a rare bit of movement from the bird. Ideally the head would have been turned around a bit more to avoid the shadow from the beak but I did get a number of portraits like that. This was only the second outing for my new lens so pretty happy, despite ruined knees and elbows in the shingle.

Canon 40D, 500mm+1.4TC, 1/1000, f8, ISO200
Posted by Lee Newman on August 31, 2009 at 4:02 PM
A Very nice capture Deborah, nice surroundings & comp. The strectched out wing & leg are a nice pose.

Lee
Posted by David Taylor on August 31, 2009 at 4:50 PM
Yes, a different pose indeed. Excellent.

:toast: :toast: :jump:
Posted by David Sewell on August 31, 2009 at 4:50 PM
Nice capture of a beautiful bird.

David

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Posted by Ian Mason on August 31, 2009 at 5:17 PM
What a great pose! F8 worked well for depth of field on the bird, although perhaps a larger aperture would have softened the background more - difficult choice. Welcome! Look forward to seeing more.
Posted by Barry Southon on August 31, 2009 at 5:18 PM
Deborah

Well captured workout.

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Posted by Maggie Campbell on August 31, 2009 at 6:33 PM
Lovely sharp image Deborah. BG sets the bird off nicely. :toast:
Posted by Ian Macdermott on August 31, 2009 at 7:11 PM
Nice one Deborah very nice first post :smile:
Posted by David Kjaer on August 31, 2009 at 8:11 PM
Hi Deborah

Welcome to the forum - lovely first post and a great pose!

David :toast:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on September 1, 2009 at 2:55 AM

Welcome Deborah :wavey:

Super opening image, lovely pose too.

Andy...
Posted by Dave Bartlett on September 1, 2009 at 8:30 AM
Welcome :wavey: Great image and a good pose too.
Posted by Chris O'Reilly on September 1, 2009 at 10:01 AM
Nice moment, well captured.

Cheers,
Chris
Posted by Brett Lewis on September 1, 2009 at 10:20 AM
Some harsh light controlled very well, not sure about the inclusion of the discarded fishing tackle, I might have cloned that out. Good action captured. Sounds like it was a complete circus down there..! Glad I was otherwise engaged over the weekend..

Brett :toast: :toast:
Posted by Guy Rogers on September 1, 2009 at 4:25 PM
Hello Deborah.

Lovely detail and a cracking pose welcome to the forum.

:wavey: :wavey: :wavey:
Posted by Justin on September 2, 2009 at 3:42 AM
The pose works a treat, as does the low, intimate shooting angle.
Enjoy your new lens and welcome to the forum.
:wavey:
Posted by Bob Cox on September 2, 2009 at 6:41 AM
Thats nice !.

Bob.