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Sunset Curlew

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Posted by Ian Haskell on November 8, 2009 at 5:47 PM
Sunset Curlew
Taken on a different night to the previous shot posted a couple of weeks ago...but taken against an interesting sunset. Cropped a bit off the right hand side of the original image - this is about 70% of the original photo. Its the only shot I took that evening where the curlew has lifted its foot to an interesting (!) position. C&C welcome.

500f4, iso 200, f8
Posted by Ian Macdermott on November 8, 2009 at 6:02 PM
Works for me Ian but I would be tempted to crop the dark bit of sky off at the top :toast:
Posted by Tim Taylor on November 9, 2009 at 2:09 AM
It's a dramatic shot and nicely taken. smile: I wonder whether it would be even more interesting as an environment type shot with it much smaller in the frame and more sky or landscape for it to call into. Just a thought.

Tim :toast: :
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on November 9, 2009 at 2:10 AM
Works very well for me. Beautiful image. :smile:
Posted by Ian Mason on November 9, 2009 at 3:46 AM
Nice silhouette indeed. Would also work smaller in frame as Tim suggests.
Posted by Frederic Desmette on November 9, 2009 at 4:05 AM
Superb!
Frederic
Posted by David Sewell on November 9, 2009 at 4:12 AM
Lovely shot. I like the dark bit at the top, it adds to the atmosphere.

David
Posted by Tim Munsey on November 9, 2009 at 6:43 AM
Amazing shot, great drama, like it loads.

Tim
Posted by Duncan Armour on November 9, 2009 at 7:07 AM
The dark area at the top provides a stop for the eye preventing it from going out of the frame, so I'd say keep it. Great to see a bit of animation in a silhouette. I like it.
Posted by David Kjaer on November 9, 2009 at 7:39 AM
Super image Iab!

David :toast: :toast:
Posted by Peter Cairns on November 9, 2009 at 8:21 AM
Very very nice
Pete
Posted by John Robinson on November 9, 2009 at 9:08 AM
Dramatic and different.
JohnR
Posted by Simon Phillpotts on November 9, 2009 at 10:28 AM
Cracking! I'd love a Curlew shot like this. Very dramatic and a great pose. I'd keep the darker band at the top too! :toast:

Simon
Posted by Alan Bryant on November 9, 2009 at 11:28 AM
Really like shots like these

Nice one :toast: :toast:
Posted by Maggie Campbell on November 9, 2009 at 1:22 PM
Lovely shot. The black band doesn't bother me at all but agree with Tim about making it smaller in the frame - but not too much. :wavey:
Posted by Bertl Menegoni on November 9, 2009 at 1:42 PM
Amazing wild life shot :toast:
Bertl
Posted by Craig Jones on November 9, 2009 at 2:18 PM
:cool: :cool: :cool: Stunning!!!!!!!!!!! :wink: :wavey:
Posted by PhilH on November 9, 2009 at 3:20 PM
Works for me.... super...

:toast: :toast: :wavey: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Paul Rosser on November 9, 2009 at 3:41 PM
Wow, let me get my shades! a cracking shot!
Regards,
Paul. :wavey:
Posted by Major Gilbert on November 9, 2009 at 4:25 PM
The raised foot with the little bit of vegetation below has given the image even more clout than would have been. Great timing.

Major.
Posted by Marcus Conway on November 10, 2009 at 4:45 PM
Fantastic. I can almost hear him. :toast: