Wilson's Snipe

[Karl Egressy]

Taken in 2009 at Carden Alvar, Ont.
The pinkish patches in the background are a flowers, called Prairie Smoke.
Thanks for looking.


Canon EOS 50D
Aperture-Priority AE
Tv 1/800
Av 8.0
Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO 320
EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM +1.4x

[Luis Villablanca]

Beautiful shot, Karl! Excellent details and exposure. I love the composition and lichen on the post.
Thanks for sharing.

[Mike Milicia]

Hey Karl, just hit enter for my post above and went back to the forum and thought I was seeing double :S3:

Very nice portrait ... nice comp with with gorgeous BG and interesting one-legged pose.

Maybe tone down and/or decrease sharpening a bit on the lichen.

[Craig Clute]

Very funny -- clearly took me too long to prepare my post since two Snipes showed up in the mean time! Nice image Karl, in fact taken from the same location.

Nice one-legged stance, crisp and clean image. I like the look of the open bill as well. Nice shot.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Lovely pose with the open beak and the one legged stance. Very nice bg and lichen adds some character to the perch. Nice comp too.
I love this image.

[Fred Canter]

Beautiful image, the open beak and stance adds a lot to the shot.

[Chad Caswell]

Hey Karl, great exp, great perch, and a one legged Snipe to boot :bg3: For some reason I find the top of his head oblong?

[Arthur Morris]

Sharp with a good EXP and a nice one-legged pose. Singing bird interesting but detracts artistically. Perch possibly too weathered with the bark falling off....