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Brent Goose

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Posted by John Lee on March 5, 2006 at 6:39 PM
Taken from the hide at Dawlish Warren NNR

1D mk11 500 + 2x 1/800 f11 ISO400 Tripod. Cropped about 15% all round
Posted by Tim Munsey on March 6, 2006 at 3:16 AM
Healthy looking bird, you've got the detail in the blacks well. I've seen these in Norfolk I don't think they come up north, but probably wrong.

:toast:

Tim
Posted by Craig Nash on March 6, 2006 at 3:30 AM
Tim
They do come up north infact they spend there summers in the Canadian arctic and come back to the uk from late september to april.I have four hundred of them in the bay in front of my house.They mainly spend their winter in Ireland with 20,000 coming to Strangford Lough in Northern Ireland (on which I live).
Craig
Posted by Sean Bolton on March 6, 2006 at 3:09 PM
Hi John

A nice capture with good detail in the blacks, the sunlight is lighting the bird perfectly. Water colour is nice too. No real nits, just maybe having the head up a bit more would look a bit better.

cheers

Sean
Posted by Alan Woolnough on March 6, 2006 at 4:58 PM
Nicely taken John,

Fine pose, and well timed.

Alan