Curlew

[Andy Shepherd]

It's been a while since my last post, so here's a shot from yesterday morning, a Curlew sat on my favourite stretch of dry stone wall.

1/800th @ f7.1 iso500 ( 95% of FF )

7D, 500f4LIS+1.4Tc, Bean Bag, from vehicle.

Thanks for the feedback on my last post and thanks for looking.

[John Robinson]

Thats got to be the best on your wall Andy
Its a cracker in all ways.
John

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Andy - This works very well with the nice green bg and the head turn. Comp is perfect.

TFS,
Rachel

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Cool image Andy, nice comp, clean BG, great sharpness and detail on the subject. TSF.

[Jonathan Ashton]

A gem Andy beautiful pose setting and lighting.

[William Dickson]

Very nice Andy Well done

[Holger Leyrer]

Nice image. The dry stone wall works very good. Like the pose and BG. Well done.

[keith mitchell]

You don't often get these on a wall Andy so well done for that, Curlew itself looks good against that nice smooth BG.
Cheers Keith.

[Bill Dix]

The lichen-covered stones make a wonderful perch, the bg is lovely, and the head turn is just right. Nicely captured.

[Steve Kaluski]

Clean, simple and well executed Andy, nice work.

TFS
Steve

[Daniel Cadieux]

Beautifully done with a graceful pose on that wall and a gorgeous BG to set things off. I have to admit though that the black hole at middle lower edge catches my eye therefore for that reason I'd find a way to minimize or eliminate it either via cloning / patching / content aware, or by cropping to hide it. All else looks great though!

[Andy Shepherd]

Thanks for the feedback guys and girls, as ever it is always appreciated.

Hi Dan, before you mentioned it, I hadn't noticed the black hole, but now I can see what you mean about it drawing the eye.

Andy...

[Binu John]

Beautiful shot, Andy! Excellent pose, BG, perch, light and composition! Well done!

[Peter Scholer]

Excellent work. Love the background and the nicely exposed crisp Curlew.

[Neil Burton]

Cracker Andy. Simple and effective. Looking forward to meeting up!

[Andy Shepherd]

Cheers guys, thanks for the feedback.

Ey Up, Neil...not long now, I just hope the hundreds of juvenile Med Pips have moved on, they're a real pain in the backside and their antics continually spook all the other species.

Andy...