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Aidan Briggs
11-21-2009, 11:45 AM
Shot this September while the Surfbirds were passing through. I am going to try to get back into the winter songbirds when I have time.
I do wish we could see the feet...
50D, 100-400 at 300
1/800, f/6.3, ISO 400
HH, Almost FF
Tony Whitehead
11-21-2009, 04:14 PM
Nice and sharp with lovely textures amongst the mussels and seaweed, Aidan. Wondering if a marginally higher angle may have given an even blue BG without the bright area at the top.
Gyorgy Szimuly
11-21-2009, 04:36 PM
Very nice juvie captured. Lovely details on the breast and covers. Bg is pleasant.
You don't have to return back to songies go for shorebirds :D
Szimi
Dave Leroy
11-21-2009, 05:05 PM
I like the details in bird and the crop looks good. I also like the habitat with some detail. Very nicely done. Dave
Aidan Briggs
11-21-2009, 06:26 PM
Thanks everyone. I kind of like the white surf in the BG...
Gyorgy, thanks, I am headed to the beach next weekend. I plan to go for both this winter. You just can't beat the shorebirds. :)
Daniel Cadieux
11-21-2009, 07:29 PM
Perfect techs, and great pose by this fella. I bet you hoped very hard for it to step on top of the "perch"! Speaking of the "perch"...it looks great with those mussels and urchins (?). I would however eliminate the separated bit in LLC.
Aidan Briggs
11-21-2009, 07:56 PM
Daniel, you read my thoughts. Sometimes they just won't cooperate. Thanks for the suggestion on the separated bit, I will go back and remove it.
PS. No urchins, just clumps of seaweed. Those rocks were not very pleasant to crawl over....
Kiran Poonacha
11-23-2009, 02:43 AM
loved the pose, good compo and light, congrats..
Nagesh Mula
11-23-2009, 04:29 PM
Aidan, I love the soft and smooth BKGR, I am a fan of waves so feel its good to include at the top. I only wish to have more space at the bottom as those shells look really beautiful.
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