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Posted by Kim Connolly on November 27, 2009 at 10:01 AM
Dunlin
Bit of a breezy day, another taken at roost at high tide, very little crop

50d 400mmf5.6
400 ISO
1/400"
F5.6
Aperture priority
C & C welcome and appreciated. :wavey:
Posted by Ian Mason on November 27, 2009 at 10:12 AM
Lovely! Nice eye detail and pose. Sky is beautiful. Maybe a smidgeon tight in frame but that's debatable.
Posted by David Sewell on November 27, 2009 at 10:31 AM
Certainly a smidgeon tight in the frame for my taste, but isolating these guys to get just one in the frame is no mean achievement. Lovely, sharp bird, and I do like that background.

David
Posted by John Robinson on November 27, 2009 at 11:15 AM
Nits covered Looks ok to me. The stance of the bird makes it a cropper's nightmare.
JohnR
Posted by David Taylor on November 27, 2009 at 11:29 AM
BIF - great :smile: :wink: Excellent focus on the eye. A very nice pose against a cheerful sky, much needed at the moment. :eek:

:toast: :toast: :jump:
Posted by Ron McCombe on November 27, 2009 at 12:32 PM
Nice pic, lovely bird, good eye detail don't mind the crop, good picture, well done

Ron
Posted by Tim Taylor on November 27, 2009 at 1:56 PM
Top shot Kim and a lovely sky. You have some very obliging dunlins or excellent fieldcraft skills or both!

Tim :toast:
Posted by Craig Jones on November 27, 2009 at 2:06 PM
Beautiful composition and light,love the BG,great detail too Kim :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Dave Bartlett on November 27, 2009 at 2:17 PM
Nice catchlight in the eye and movement in the feathers - lovely shot :toast:
Posted by keith mitchell on November 27, 2009 at 2:47 PM
HI Kim.
Kim your waders always look good to me and this one is no exception- lovely shot.
:toast: :toast:

Keith.
Posted by Guy Rogers on November 27, 2009 at 2:52 PM
Hello Kim.

Nice pose you have captured and background is different and works quite well.

A little more room to the bottom and left for me.

:wavey: :wavey: :wavey:
Posted by eric weight on November 28, 2009 at 1:53 AM
That's really nice and I can't see anything wrong with it that matters all that much. The bg makes it even better.
:toast: Eric
Posted by Kim Connolly on November 28, 2009 at 5:17 AM
Many thanks for all the encouraging comments, they really are appreciated. Sadly the blue skies have disappeared and right now they are grey - and it is raining! :frown:

Best wishes everyone for the weekend. :wavey:
Posted by Lewis Thomson on November 28, 2009 at 11:17 AM

Hi Kim,

Really nice shot, the blue bg sets the bird off nicely. A tiny bit more room all around would top it off for me.

Cheers,

Lewis.
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Posted by Chris O'Reilly on November 28, 2009 at 3:33 PM
The 'space' issue aside, this is a lovely shot of a wader in 'down-time' mode. There is something special about these sorts of shot which probably lies in the fact that the bird has remained trusting enough (anthropomorphic, I know) to stay in roosting position.

One of your best images to date for me.


Cheers,
Chris
Posted by Ian Haskell on November 29, 2009 at 7:10 AM
Smashing shot, nice detail and pose. The background makes this nicer.

Ian
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on November 29, 2009 at 3:08 PM
Lovely image, Kim. Great detail and the background sets the bird off nicely. Very well done. :smile: