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Moorhen chasing a Snipe.

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Posted by John Chapman on March 30, 2010 at 6:02 AM
Moorhen chasing a Snipe.
Pic. taken recently Aberdeenshire. Canon 1D MK2n 500mm lens 1.4 conv.
1/800 sec F5.6 +1 stop ISO 640. All comments welcomed.
Posted by Andy Gregory on March 30, 2010 at 6:13 AM
That's certainly different John. Well captured and cropped. :toast:
Posted by Robert Lawrence on March 30, 2010 at 6:16 AM
Great capture John. It's a shame the snipes wing is obscuring the head but great none the less. I like the crop too.
Posted by Matt Cole on March 30, 2010 at 6:35 AM
a very unusual shot John and well taken too. I agree with Robert about the wing obscuring the head but it still works for me.

Matt :toast:
Posted by John Varley on March 30, 2010 at 7:32 AM
Interesting shot John. :toast: :toast:

Jekyll and Hyde characters Moorhens - timid and nervy yet often so aggressive with other birds

John
Posted by Ian Macdermott on March 30, 2010 at 9:25 AM
As the saying goes John

A very nice behavioural image
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Posted by Brett Lewis on March 30, 2010 at 9:53 AM
Looks like the Moorhen has just booted the Snipe up the proverbial..! :biggrin: Nice capture and comp to set it off.

Brett :toast:
Posted by Lewis Thomson on March 30, 2010 at 10:15 AM

Hi John,

Nice shot! I'm not that worried about the wing covering the head, I think the landing pose of the Snipe is great.

Cheers,

Lewis.
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Posted by Dave Bartlett on March 30, 2010 at 10:46 AM
Really captures the movement going on - excellent capture :toast:
Posted by Liam Pauling on March 30, 2010 at 11:12 AM
Brilliant image!

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Posted by David Taylor on March 30, 2010 at 1:57 PM
A great capture of an intriguing moment in time, leaving me wanting to know what happened next. :smile: :wink: Excellent.

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Posted by Phil Mclean on March 30, 2010 at 3:56 PM
Lovely little action shot and I don't mind the wing covering the snipes head because of the visible bill.

Phil. :toast:
Posted by Maggie Campbell on March 30, 2010 at 4:24 PM
Pano comp works well here John. Good action shot. Agree it would have just made it if the Snipe''s wings had been down. :smile: :wavey:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on March 31, 2010 at 3:22 AM

Great to have both birds in the frame John, smart capture :toast:

Andy...
Posted by Craig Jones on March 31, 2010 at 4:56 AM
Great capture,I love the pano crop,looks great and makes the image :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Philip Newman on March 31, 2010 at 9:00 AM
Excellent behaviour image John :toast:
(what caught my eye is the odd patterns in the foreground and I wondered if this is created by cloning ?)

Phil Newman
Posted by Marcus Conway on April 3, 2010 at 1:25 PM
Love the behaviour and the snowy scene. Well caught :toast: