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Blacktailed Gotwitt in flight

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Posted by Tom Smit on June 8, 2010 at 12:43 PM
It's been a while since my last post due to personal circumstances.
Yesterday I was able to go to a small piece of ground from a farmer who flooded his land for a few months every year for the birds. The place is known as "landje van Geijsel" and is placed in a corner of a crossing of two very very busy highways in my little country.

(1/3200s, f/5.6, ISO 640, 700 mm)
All C&C is welcome.
Thanks for looking.
Posted by Tom Smit on June 8, 2010 at 12:45 PM
Sorry, forgot to add the picture. :mad:
Posted by Michael Southcott on June 8, 2010 at 12:48 PM
I'd like to see the bird a bit lower and the the left for my taste !!

Still a nice image and i lkie the way the light is coming through the wings ...

Mick..
Posted by Bronia Klima on June 8, 2010 at 1:59 PM
Hi Tom agree with Mike, good shot good detail
Bronia
Posted by Phil Shaw on June 8, 2010 at 2:42 PM
Tom, I think this would look somewhat better if you saved it with an sRGB profile. Currently it doesn't seem to be in a colourspace recognised by Firefox.
Posted by Tom Smit on June 8, 2010 at 2:59 PM
Hello Phil,
I'm sorry for you but teh picture is saved with an sRGB colorspace. I use FireFox myself and does not see/have any problem. May be your FireFox has something missing.
Are there more people with problems in FireFox with this picture, please let me know.
Thanks.
Posted by John MacTavish on June 8, 2010 at 3:15 PM
HIi Tom,
Look the same in Safari as it does in Firefox.

Agree about the composition, but understand the problems getting that when handling 700mm

Cheers,
:toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by John Robinson on June 8, 2010 at 5:53 PM
Very natural shot.
Seen them many times like this on my Holland trips in the old days
JohnR