Muddy Snipe

[John Robinson]

Common Snipe
Sat for several hours for these to make an appearance. I had to cough to get the bird to look at the hide. Once they start probing they go like mad.
Nikon D200
Sigma 50-500(cheapo!)
125th @f8
400ISO
80% of frame.
Strong shafty sunlight coming in from left
Few highlight spots?reflection cloned out.
Paint Shop Pro 7
Image guru/czm
Thanks for your interest in my last post-Apreciated

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Nice work in the mottled light, John. Like the mud on the beak and nice detail. Lighting suits his design.




Geoffrey

[dankearl]

The equipment shows in this one, but a nice perspective and a cool bird, I would tone down the RHC a lot...

[John Robinson]

Thanks for the comments both.
Appreciated.

[William Dickson]

Your getting some great shots of the Snipes John. I like the pose on this one.

Will

[John Robinson]

Hi Will
Thanks. I must admit I have a few this year in the end which started off n a bad note. Still laboriously going through PP- I hate it ! It would be interesting to see a forum where there was no PP whatever !
Cheers
John

[Tony Whitehead]

Love that over the shoulder look, John. Plumage is beautiful but looks a bit smooth. Not sure if that is the D200 resolution or whether it is from noise reduction in post.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi John, great look back pose, and what a good view of that long bill covered in mud. That really is squelchy stuff down there.

[John Robinson]

Thanks
Tony- Yes its a bit of both ! Its a case of having a shot with the bird a bit unusual but a pic with less quality- or no pic at all.
Cheers
JohnR