Last Meal of the Day

[John Robinson]

Common Snipe
About the last one - I promise !
My mate and I hand pulled about 50 square yards of bullrush to get this small area of mud. Well worth it in the end though.
Common Snipe

Sigma 50-500
125th @f8
400 ISO
CF 80% of full frame
Levels Paint Shop Pro. One or two spot highlights and white poo removed.
Sharpen czm
Cheers
Thanks for looking and comments on recent pics
JohnR

[Randy Stout]

John:

Very good light, sharp, well exposed, interesting habitat.

The lines in the bg make me think he is falling forward, but just an optical illusion.

I have rather mixed feelings about the leaves, esp the one right over the back. Might try a version with that one removed.

It least there was no reflection in this to worry about

Cheers

Randy

[John Robinson]

Hi Randy
Had a play but had to add canvas because of rotation.
Cheers
JohnR

[Karl Egressy]

You kept the best one for the last, John. Superb light and excellent detail.

[John Robinson]

Thanks Karl. When ever its a Snipe coming that bit nearer and nearer I start to tremble a bit ! One of my favourite birds- a relic of childhood nesting days I reckon.
Thanks again !
John

[christopher galeski]

very nice John,love the light,good detail,and a nice pose in the mud,dont mind the leaves,they add to the environment.TFS.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

I'd be happy to not worry about the digital chainsaw for tidying up too much.
The surrounds is what it is IMHO.
Very good shot mate. Love the light and the environment showing.
Thanks for sharing.

[John Robinson]

Thanks all
Akos -I agree entirely but others in this digital world think differently !
Cheers
John