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The meadow master

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Posted by Rene de Heer on May 18, 2012 at 11:35 AM
The meadow master
The main target for my trip to Belarus was the Ruff. There were (the first 3 days) thousands of them near the Prypjat river. The male Ruffs were constantly doing their thing to impress the ladies, just like this fellow.

I did not clone out the oof birds...for a simple reason; the males only display in groups, so cloning the oof female birds out would (in my opinion) devaluate the image.

Taken from hide with Nikon D4/Nikon 600VR/tripod
Rene de Heer
Posted by keith mitchell on May 18, 2012 at 12:05 PM
Rene i must agree you would have lost a lot by taking out the oof birds on the lek ,i would love to see this.Very well captured.

Keith. :smile:
Posted by Tom Smit on May 18, 2012 at 2:13 PM
Good picture Rene.
I haven't seen them the last years here in Holland doing there thing. I only saw them eating.
I'll place a picture soon on NPN.
:toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Graham Goddard on May 18, 2012 at 3:55 PM
A stunning bird that I have only seen from a distance in Norfolk and the display is something I've not witnessed before :toast: :toast:
Posted by Ron McCombe on May 19, 2012 at 4:00 AM
HI Rene

A great image I particularly like the out of focus reeves around the male, it helps tell the story very well

Ron
Posted by David Kjaer on May 19, 2012 at 4:55 AM
Great to witness and even better to photograph. I agree it would have devalued the image to remove the OOF birds.

David :toast:
Posted by David Sewell on May 19, 2012 at 6:43 AM
I agree that the females need to be in. Great shot of a behaviour I have read about, but never seen.

David
Posted by Barry Southon on May 19, 2012 at 12:47 PM
Rene

That really is some display well captured.

:wink:
Posted by Paul Whippey on May 19, 2012 at 3:27 PM
Very nice Rene. I've not observed these birds before and this is a great capture. I agree that leaving the OOF females in shot was the right decision. :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Jeroen Stel on May 19, 2012 at 3:34 PM
Fantastic behavioural shot of one of my favorite wading birds!
Well done!

greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by John Robinson on May 19, 2012 at 9:07 PM
Rene
Nice one . I remember seeing them in Holland just like this,- with Godwits trying to join in too !!
Cheers
JR
Posted by Matt Cole on May 20, 2012 at 7:04 AM
an excellent behavioural image Rene, well taken.

Matt :toast:
Posted by Phil Ellard on May 20, 2012 at 12:20 PM
intersting and differant shot ... i like it :toast: :toast:
Posted by Tom_W on May 22, 2012 at 5:41 AM
That's a very nice image and one not often captured.