.....Known as a grey phalarope in the uk, with reference to its winter plumage, which is how we generally see them. Great to see the other side of them. Well done.
Regards Rob.
You certainly gathered a lot of matrerial from this trip Helge. For me, the highlight of your shots posted here would have to be the arctic fox cub, it is an image with everything.
Unfortunately, I think this is one of the weaker shots from your trip. It looks kind of like a quick grab shot, weak composition and rather ungainly steep angle don't really do it any favours.
Might sound harsh, but in comparison to most of your other shots this is only a record shot........a tick the box shot. You're better than this
Grey Phalarope... that's kind of unjustice to such a beautiful bird. I always wonder why som many birdnames differ from British-english to American-english, here I think the Americans nailed it better
Thanks for the comments, I see your points John and Dave - I guess it's one of those photos where the birder in me gets the upper hand
Anyway, it was kind of difficult to get a good shot of these phalaropes, because they where very close and spinning around all the time. So the famous compromise between DOF or speed was a tough choice here. I have some more Red Phalaropes on this link, maybe some are better than the posted ? : http://www.birdphotos.dk/birds/thorshane.htm
Most phalarope-shots were taken kneeling in the water from 5-6 metres away.
Tend to agree as well, though it looks like the light wasn't particularly kind to you here, and think that had it been possible a lower angle would have helped, a beautiful bird to have in your files....
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Regards Rob.
Unfortunately, I think this is one of the weaker shots from your trip. It looks kind of like a quick grab shot, weak composition and rather ungainly steep angle don't really do it any favours.
Might sound harsh, but in comparison to most of your other shots this is only a record shot........a tick the box shot. You're better than this
Cheers,
John
Thanks for the comments, I see your points John and Dave - I guess it's one of those photos where the birder in me gets the upper hand
Anyway, it was kind of difficult to get a good shot of these phalaropes, because they where very close and spinning around all the time. So the famous compromise between DOF or speed was a tough choice here. I have some more Red Phalaropes on this link, maybe some are better than the posted ? : http://www.birdphotos.dk/birds/thorshane.htm
Most phalarope-shots were taken kneeling in the water from 5-6 metres away.
Cheers, Helge
All the best
Never seen them in this plumage, beautiful bird and a nice image!
David