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Redshank

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Posted by Karen Summers on March 22, 2010 at 3:37 PM
A Redshank on a very muddy beach which made it quite difficult to get down much lower

Canon 50D,Canon 500f4L + 1.4 convertor,ISO 400,f5.6,1/1600

Posted by Paul Rosser on March 22, 2010 at 3:53 PM
I think you've done well to get as low as you have. Well done Karen!
Regards,
Paul. :wavey:
Posted by David Sewell on March 22, 2010 at 4:01 PM
You were low enough to throw the area behind the bird out of focus, and that's what counts. I love the muddy feet and beak as well.

David
Posted by Dave Bartlett on March 22, 2010 at 5:10 PM
Nice to get the bird in mid-stride. The POV has isolated the bird as has been said, which makes it stand out well. No need to dig a hole!!
Posted by Philip Newman on March 22, 2010 at 5:12 PM
Lovely image Karen, great pose and composition. :toast:

Posted by Peter Woods on March 22, 2010 at 5:15 PM
Karen, lovely image, did you enjoy the mud :wink:

Posted by Ian Macdermott on March 22, 2010 at 6:34 PM
Very nice shot Karen :toast:

Worth getting muddy knees for.
Posted by John MacTavish on March 22, 2010 at 6:36 PM
Love the mid stride pose you've caught and the low pov.

:toast: :toast:
Posted by Maggie Campbell on March 22, 2010 at 7:22 PM
Nicely captured image mid-stride.
Posted by eric weight on March 23, 2010 at 3:09 AM
You've done really well with this Karen. It's so hard to make good backgrounds with mud, the low PoV putting it right Oof is all you can hope for. Very nice indeed.
:toast: eric
Posted by Robert Lawrence on March 23, 2010 at 4:48 AM
I agree with above comments. Nice to see you dont mind getting down and dirty. :smile:
Posted by John Chapman on March 23, 2010 at 7:12 AM
Hi Karen, this is great no nits from me. :toast:
Posted by John Robinson on March 23, 2010 at 12:38 PM
Looks ok at that angle to me, but then I'm not that much of a lpov man!
Cheers
JR
Posted by Tom_W on March 23, 2010 at 5:52 PM
Nice environmental shot as the bird stands very 'clean' of its BG
Posted by Paul King on March 24, 2010 at 1:57 PM
It really is standing out from the BG well done.