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Bar-Taled Godwit

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Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on January 23, 2012 at 1:48 PM
Bar-Taled Godwit
One from the high tide today, I have never seen so many birds in 20 years as today.

There was at least 3 miles of roosting birds, at high tide with the wind and a 9m tide just pushed them all down to the one end.

Phil.

D300 600f4 1/500th @ f5.6 iso400

PP in Corel after shot pro & CS2.

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Posted by Robert Lawrence on January 23, 2012 at 1:55 PM
Superb Phil. The large view is to be recommended. Nice sharply detailed birds really stand out from the background. Great to see them all on very nearly the same plane which means no distracting out of focus birds. Lovely.
Posted by keith mitchell on January 23, 2012 at 2:16 PM
Hi Phil !
The fact that all these birds look in focus on a good bg makes for a excellent image.

Keith. :smile:
Posted by Oscar Dewhurst on January 23, 2012 at 2:48 PM
Cracking shot Phil. Really like it :toast: :toast: :toast:

Oscar :wavey:
Posted by Nick Mckeown on January 23, 2012 at 2:58 PM
Superb image, plus points have been covered....no negative ones. Must have ben some sight seeing all those birds. I miss big roosts here on the west coast of Scotland.

Nick. :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :smile: :wavey:
Posted by PhilH on January 23, 2012 at 3:08 PM
Like it.....

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Posted by John Robinson on January 23, 2012 at 3:13 PM
One of your best !
JR
Posted by David Sewell on January 23, 2012 at 3:51 PM
I love the large version, a shot you could easily hang on the wall and enjoy for years.

David
Posted by Ian Mason on January 23, 2012 at 4:10 PM
Superb! You did extremely well with DOF on this one. The water below them is great. If anything, I might crop a little off the top to lose the brown patch.
Posted by Bob Johnson on January 24, 2012 at 3:05 AM
Spot on Phil. Nothing else to say really :wink:

Bob :smile:
Posted by Pete Etheridge on January 24, 2012 at 9:50 AM
Very nice Phil. :toast:
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on January 26, 2012 at 1:56 PM
Lovely image. I like it very much.
Posted by Philip Kirkham on January 27, 2012 at 4:35 AM
Great shot Phil, I really like the movement of both the waves and the birds. You certainly nailed everything dead on.
Best wishes
Phil :toast: :wavey: :toast: