Avian IOTW 1/22/10 Stuart Bowie

Congratulations Stuart Bowie
Pintailed Wydah

I left my house at 4.00am yesterday morning with some photographic mates, to go to a wetland area, 110km away, for the sole purpose of capturing various species of birdlife and an assortment of ducks. When we left, the sky above us was cloudless and full of stars. When we arrived at the wetlands an hour later, the clouds came in and turned out to be a very overcast day. Well we didnt see a single duck, but instead decided to walk around the grassland behind the hide. This guy gave us a show for a while, chasing a female around the grasses. As the light wasnt great, I had to shoot with a high ISO to get ss. These guys are actually very small, and with all the grasses and flowers, it played havoc with the AF, to try and lock onto him. They also fly very erratically. This was actually a take off shot from one of the flowers.

Canon 50D
100-400 @ 400mm
1/2000
F/5.6
ISO 800

Exp Comp +0.33
Hand Held

Congrats Stuart!

An accolade we all strive for; an accolade well deserved - congrats!

The plant nicely sets the scene; especially with the tail draped over the back.

Congratulations, Stuart! Well deserved.

Beautifully done. Congratulations, Stuart! Well deserved. :)

Proud of you, Stu, great work!!!

Congratulations Stuartbhai

Big time congrats, well deserved.:)

Big congrats Stu! Beautiful image and well deserved.:)

Big congrats, Stuart! :)

Congrats, Stuart. What a fantastic image.

Congrats Stuart, great image!:cool:

Congrats Stu.

Congrats Stu! Exceptional and rare photo of these guys.

Well done Stuart. You make us proud

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Congratulations Stuart!!!

Thank you to BPN for the recognition, and thank you all so much for the kind words.

Well done Stuart,

Excellent image.

Cheers

Austin

Congratulations, Stuart. Excellent image and composition.

Congrats Stuart. a deserving image for sure.

well deserved. frozen action. great focus.---both by you and by the bird on where he's headed. You've captured his "mission"

Congrats, really nice photo, wish it was mine!

Way to go Stuart! Awesome photo! Good to see you finally join the IOTW ranks!

Once again, thank you all for the recognition.

Doug, this was a total surprise, and hopefully It will continue.

missed this one - splendid capture indeed mate!! well deserved...

Congratulations Stuart , stunning photo of beautiful bird.

Cheers

Rich

Congratulations, Stuart - well deserved.

Congratulations!

Thank you all so much for the recognition.