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An Early Snipe

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Posted by Simon Phillpotts on July 6, 2010 at 6:40 AM
An Early Snipe
I've been trying to get some decent Snipe images for ages but they always seem to use the worst perches possible when I turn up. Finally I spotted one on a dry stone wall with a decent background and it let me nice and close without a care. This has a 10% crop for the web from full frame and I've just increased the levels slightly and sharpened.

7D 700mm ISO:160 160 sec @f/5.6

Thanks for looking
Simon :wavey:
Posted by Karen Summers on July 6, 2010 at 6:46 AM
very nice simon well done getting an image of one in the open they are usually hidden away when I catch a glimpse of them
Posted by John Robinson on July 6, 2010 at 7:05 AM
Lovely shot :smile:
JR
Posted by Phil Mclean on July 6, 2010 at 7:23 AM
Super portrait,nice clean background and I like the attractive green lichen on the rock.

Phil. :toast:
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on July 6, 2010 at 8:32 AM
Nice rich colour in the plumage Simon juxtapose to the soft gentle diffused colour of the BG. Love the drystone wall, great location for the shot, very natural. :toast: :toast:

Might take a run out on your patch Thursday, as tomorrow looks wet. :biggrin:

Nice one.

TFS
Steve :wavey:
Posted by Shaun Boycott-Tayl on July 6, 2010 at 8:45 AM
Hi Simon,

Lovely shot. Good background exposure dead on and like Steve I love the dry stone wall as the perch. :toast: :toast: :toast:

Terrific stuff.

Shaun :wavey:
Posted by Cliff Young on July 6, 2010 at 11:12 AM
Good composition, Simon. I like the pose, bg and wall although the stones look a little blue on my monitor. :toast:
Posted by Dale Sutton on July 6, 2010 at 1:23 PM
Super shot Simon...............

Dale :toast:
Posted by Phil Shaw on July 6, 2010 at 2:20 PM
You did well to get so close and the resulting image is a testment to your field craft. I think that it would look even better though if you adjusted the colour balance to neutralise the dominance of the blue channel. It's always difficult to gauge peoples Photoshop skills/experience here, so if this doesn't "grok" feel free to send me an email.
Posted by Simon Phillpotts on July 6, 2010 at 2:52 PM
Phil, Cliff, thanks for flagging up the hint of blue. I hadn't actually noticed but think may be partly down to the stone reflecting the blue sky that morning. Easily remedied in LR3 though. :wavey:
Posted by Shaun Simpson on July 6, 2010 at 3:50 PM
Excellent shot, lovely :toast: :toast:
Posted by keith mitchell on July 6, 2010 at 4:03 PM
Beautiful clean shot.
:toast: :toast:
Keith.
Posted by Ian Haskell on July 6, 2010 at 6:04 PM
Lovely shot of a Snipe.

Ian
Posted by Fran French on July 7, 2010 at 1:34 AM
Great to find one out in the open! Love the setting and clean b/g. very nice indeed....

Fran :toast: :toast:
Posted by Robert Lawrence on July 7, 2010 at 3:56 AM
The only views I have ever had of these is as they explode away in flight and one sighting of a bird in the snow so I envy you getting this out in the open Simon. An excellent image.
Posted by David Kjaer on July 7, 2010 at 6:16 PM
Very nice Simon.

David :toast:
Posted by Brett Lewis on July 8, 2010 at 2:35 AM
That works so very well and the reduction of the blue in the 2nd image works even better. Well executed and processed.

Brett :toast:
Posted by Bertl Menegoni on July 8, 2010 at 12:04 PM
You did a fine job here Simon,
I like it a lot.
:wavey:
Bertl
Posted by Austin Thomas on July 8, 2010 at 12:29 PM
Excellent. Repost is better and what a BKGR, dark to light, superb.

Cheers

Austin