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A Purple Sandpiper

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Posted by Paul King on August 21, 2010 at 3:55 PM
A Purple Sandpiper
A day or two in Norfolk was a very interesting time indeed, which included this very early Purple Sandpiper.

D300 300mm 2.8 + 1.7 TC
iso 400 1/1600 f8 -.3 EV

Your comments are most welcome.
Posted by Andy Gregory on August 21, 2010 at 4:24 PM
Great capture Paul :toast: :jump:
Posted by Simon Litten on August 21, 2010 at 4:42 PM
Good shot, Paul :toast:


Simon
Posted by Karen Summers on August 21, 2010 at 5:30 PM
agree very nice capture off there myself in a couple of weeks
Posted by Paul King on August 21, 2010 at 5:44 PM
Hi Karen,, watch the tides we caught the neeps well disappointed.
Posted by Geoffrey Baker on August 21, 2010 at 5:53 PM
What a beautiful bird.
With camouflage like that I bet they'd be hard to spot unless they were moving.
Well done.

Geoff. :smile:
Posted by Barrie Courtenay on August 22, 2010 at 6:06 AM
Hi Paul,been to Norfolk many times but not seen one of these,lovely looking bird
:toast:
Posted by keith mitchell on August 22, 2010 at 3:48 PM
Hi Paul.
That's a very nice Wader,lovely image.
:toast: :toast:
Keith.
Posted by Shaun Boycott-Tayl on August 23, 2010 at 4:32 AM
Hi Paul,

Lovely Wader and a very nice image. :toast: :toast:

Shaun :wavey:
Posted by David Sewell on August 23, 2010 at 4:55 AM
Good wader image. Haven't seen one of these yet this autumn.

David