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    Thick-billed Murre

    St Paul Island, Alaska

    D4, 300/2.8, ISO 800, f5.6, 1/3200.

    Background is the Bering sea.

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    Great pose, perfect exposure and excellent details, Alan.

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    Hi Alan, a species I havent seen before, but you sure have nailed the banking flight pose. Excellent exposure on both whites and browns, and I like the splayed legs.

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    Excellent banking pose, Alan. Super exposure, eye contact, and I love the background.

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    Pose and head angle are beyond the beyond. Love the visible tertials at the base of the upper wing. I may be confused but I remember that the brown murres are Common Murres and that the Thick-billed are black....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Morris View Post
    Pose and head angle are beyond the beyond. Love the visible tertials at the base of the upper wing. I may be confused but I remember that the brown murres are Common Murres and that the Thick-billed are black....
    Good memory Artie. You are correct. What makes this a Thick-billed is the white line on the upper bill. Both Murres are Brown with the Thick-billed being darker (not black). I probably should have darkened the mid tones on this one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alan Murphy View Post
    Good memory Artie. You are correct. What makes this a Thick-billed is the white line on the upper bill. Both Murres are Brown with the Thick-billed being darker (not black). I probably should have darkened the mid tones on this one.
    Thanks Alan but I am still fairly sure that the bird in the image is a Common Murre not a thick-billed. I'll know for sure when I get home and check out a few books most notably Sibley. If I am wrong I will let you know that too.
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    Wonderful image, the wingspread and feet show are phenomenal.
    Excellent show of tertials too. Very rarely seen this well.

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    Perfect in every way, Alan.

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    Alan,

    The simplest critique here is none at all this is truly wonderful

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    excellent pose details and a great BG!
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    Soooo crazy good, its...crazy!!

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    Nice Alan! Spectacular capture. Question, is the top wing less sharp due to motion blur or dof? I don't think it detracts from the image, but I'm really curious to know.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Miguel Palaviccini View Post
    Nice Alan! Spectacular capture. Question, is the top wing less sharp due to motion blur or dof? I don't think it detracts from the image, but I'm really curious to know.
    Hey Miguel, I didn't notice that until you mentioned it. Not sure why. Could the the light angle not showing the detail as much, or motion blur. Not DOF.

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