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Posted by Ron McCombe on January 28, 2010 at 5:10 PM
Dipper
Dipper feeding on the River Tweed at Melrose, Scottish Borders, UK. It was trying to turn the stone over which was obviously to big for it, but it kept trying.

Th light wasn't great hence the f3.5

Canon 40D Canon 300mm f2.8, f3.5, 1 /125 sec, ISO 400
Posted by Karen Summers on January 28, 2010 at 5:14 PM
great image not your usual dipper shot well caught
Posted by Andy Gregory on January 28, 2010 at 6:00 PM
Superp picture. I have never seen one quite like this, well done :toast: :toast:
Posted by Paul Hobson on January 28, 2010 at 6:24 PM
fascinating behaviour well caught

Paul

paulhobson.co.uk
Posted by Craig Jones on January 28, 2010 at 6:34 PM
Great behaviour captured of one of my favorite UK birds,so funny to watch and I bet you had a laugh watching these's 'Master's of the River' as I call them :wink: ,great shot Ron :wink: :wavey:
Posted by David Sewell on January 29, 2010 at 4:24 AM
Fascinating behaviour, and you did well considering the light conditions.

David
Posted by Tim Taylor on January 29, 2010 at 5:00 AM
It obviously thinks it's a large turnstone. Great behaviour shot!

Tim :toast:
Posted by John Chapman on January 29, 2010 at 6:44 AM
Hi Ron, an unusual capture. :toast:
Posted by John Robinson on January 29, 2010 at 7:06 AM
Very good.
JR
Posted by Brett Lewis on January 29, 2010 at 9:05 AM
Light has been handled very well and as result have captured some good details, but the overriding interest is of course the behaviour of the bird. Well captured.

Brett :toast: :toast:
Posted by Dawn Monrose on January 29, 2010 at 11:58 AM
Great shot, well detailed and very interesting behaviour. :toast:
Posted by David Kjaer on January 29, 2010 at 12:23 PM
Great behaviour image!

David :toast: :toast:
Posted by Philip Newman on January 29, 2010 at 2:00 PM
Great capture Ron, captures feeding Dipper to perfection. :toast: :toast:

Posted by Robert Lawrence on January 29, 2010 at 4:53 PM
Fantastic behavioural picture Ron. Something very rarely shown on a photograph (well I haven't seen it) and a well exposed, sharp image to boot. Nice one.
Posted by Ron McCombe on January 29, 2010 at 6:08 PM
Many thanks all for your kind comments

Ron
Posted by Mike Andrews on January 30, 2010 at 1:18 AM
As I opened this I was thinking "another dipper shot" (of which I still don't have any). What a pleasant surprise to find a great shot of the bird doing something different. Well done.
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on January 31, 2010 at 6:18 AM
Great behavioural shot. Well done. :smile:
Posted by Fran French on February 1, 2010 at 1:01 PM
A very nice behavioural shot, and good to see a different view of these delightful birds. Nicely timed...

Fran :toast: :toast:
Posted by Peter Woods on February 1, 2010 at 1:05 PM
See the problem was he wasn't putting his back into it......

Great behavioural shot :smile: