Snipe on a really wet day

[keith mitchell]

Nikon d4
Nikon 300mm 2.8
1/800@F7.1
iso1600.


Spent a very wet day on the Northern moors deliberately trying to get a picture or two of these birds in the rain, conditions where really bad with poor light but enjoyed trying.


Thanks for taking a look.

[Steven Major]

Rare and wonderful image..
Thank You

[Gerald Kelberg]

Great image, Keith.

Nice mood with plenty of good detail on the bird and the wet lichens look terrific!

Around here, shooting at 1600 ISO, 1/800@F.1 counts as being really good light!

Regards, Gerald

[Glennie Passier]

Beautiful coloured BG mimicks the bird's breast. Love the lichens and the perch. The snipe looks perfectly miserable...as I reckon you would be after this session!
Thank you for sharing.

[christopher galeski]

Loverly image Keith,love the color in the BG,nice perch and pose.sums up the weather in the UK,although its beautiful here in the East lancs today.TFS.

[Karl Egressy]

Love this image, Keith. The rain adds so much interest and brigs out the colors very nicely.

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Keith, I can only echo the previous comments.

I like the fact you have position the subject off centre and also the subject is 3/4 on. Both the lichen post and rain drops create a nice mood/atmosphere to the capture. I'm interested to see you managed to retain the rain streaks at 1/800, normally it's less, so well done. I'm not sure if you may have done any slight cloning along the edge of the LH rock, or it's just DoF???

TFS
Steve

[annmpacheco]

Hi Keith, wow this snipe is super with all of the attractive elements in this image. Rain, placement in frame of the snipe, colors, perch, and overall pleasing composition, well done!

[Joseph Przybyla]

Here you go again, you killed me last year with the Snipe in the open. The rain adds interest, background perfect, perch compliments the bird wonderfully. Nice composition, thank you for sharing. Keith.

[Ross Taylor]

Hi Keith, I really like this shot for many of the reasons already mentioned. The composition and rain are super. The lichen seems more sharp and detailed than the bird to me, and draws my eye. Perhaps a small degree of localized sharpening mask could take it down a notch if you so choose.
TFS-Ross

[Jonathan Ashton]

Fantastic Keith love the conditions and the composition, I am very envious!!

[William Dickson]

Well done Keith. Brilliant looking frame. I wouldn't change a thing. Great looking Bird and perch.

TFS

Will

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Keith! I like the lichen covered perch, angled pose, BG color, rain and composition.

[Diane Miller]

Gorgeous! Great to get the DOF you did! Love the perch and colors!

[keith mitchell]

Thanks to you all much appreciated. Glennie" The snipe looks perfectly miserable...as I reckon you would be after this session!"you are so right it sure was wet and cold did have a concern for my gear but pleased to get ac decent picture .

Keith.