Dipper

I went back to the River Tweed at Melrose to have another go at the dippers that live on the river. They are obviously sitting on a second brood of eggs as the adults would change over the egg sitting periodically. The first brood are still in the area and begging for food from the active adult. There are a couple of herons around the area and the adults get a little agitated when one comes close to the young dippers.

Canon 50D canon 500mm f4 f5, 1/500sec ISO 500

Stunning detail Ron you must have got pretty close ... good exposure too ... top job

Good detail on the bird, and I think the boulder behind sets it off very nicely.

David

Ron

First class image excellent detail the gray tones enhance the setting.

Hi Ron, yep some nice detail in the plumage and the whites have detail too, which is good. I quite like the bold bit of vegetation as it bring some nice vibrant life to the image, but for me, the bolder is the BKG is a bit of a killer. Although it arches around the birds outline, I just find it a little distracting, but that is just a personal observation. Not sure what the small white line is on the RHS (about 3 inches up & 1 in on the larger image).

TFS
Steve

Many thanks for the comments everyone they are very much appreciated

The small white line on the right is a splash of water

Ron

A lovely detailed shot Ron, super bird, really well taken.

Ron the bird is excellent,can't make up my mind about the bg but not to take anything away from what is a super image.

Keith.

Cracking bird with the BG only slightly distracting. Did my BCU four star kayak test on the Tweed many years ago

Bob

Nits covered, but nice detail on the bird nonetheless Ron

Super detail on the bird Ron but I find the large rock in the Bg a little distracting. It kinda looks like a mountain in the distance. That said Ron it is a bird I have yet to get a good photo of and I would be pretty chuffed with this one.

Nick.