Theme .Preening Snipe.

[keith mitchell]

Nikon D4
Nikon 300 mm 2.8
1/5000@f 5.6
ISO 1600.


Thanks for taking a look,and your comments on my last post.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

A very nice image Keith, I like the raised foot, the preening and the BG.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image in beautiful lights. Very simple and sweet frame. Very nice preening pose with open eye. Beautiful BG nice composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Daniel Cadieux]

The perch could be nicer IMO, but I like the foot-up preening pose. Very good BG.

[David Salem]

Very nice Keith. Not much to critique here. Just enjoying the colors and details. Well done

[Norm Dulak]

The pose, the stance, the background, the colors and the sharpness are all excellent. Very well done!

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Keith, real cool image, lovely colours and looks nicely processed with some cracking detail.

I think you could have dropped the ISO a little, as 1/5000 is a little fast, however you certainly nailed it! The raised foot sets this apart.

TFS
Steve

[keith mitchell]

Thanks guys appreciated.Dan I cover about 30 posts from my car with my binoculars about half of them are old and the others like this, so a lot of luck which one they decide to land on .
Keith.

[Karl Egressy]

Love the raised foot, preening pose and the beautiful background, Keith.

[arash_hazeghi]

I like the pose, good details but I also wish for a more natural perch

TFS

[Glennie Passier]

Well done Keith. Everything has just worked. The BG compliments his post, and legs. Lovely, sharp raised foot.

TFS!

[Ritesh Nangare]

What an lovely image to have ...... The raise foot and preening pose look great with good detail combined with green BG ......... Love the compo and the crop to.....


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[keith mitchell]

Thanks Karl,Glennie,Ritesh,Arash think about 50%of my shots finish up on more natural perches ,I sit in my car and look at about half a mile of fence posts and when i see a Snipe jump up to preen and dry after sitting on wet a boggy moor land I then carefully drive up and with a bit of luck get a chance for a shot or two,so it is a bit of a bonus if they care to sit on the post that i would choose.It is perhaps the tops of my photographic year and can't wait for this year if the old leg is up to it.
Thanks again Keith.

[David Cowling]

Great image Keith. The perch is what it is and doesn't bother me. I like the diagonal created by the birds bill. You can definitely see that it is preening. The raised foot lifts the image another notch.

[Kirk Benson]

Cool preening pose with the raised foot. Beautiful light with terrific color and detail... lovely BG. Very well done Keith. :-)

Kirk

[keith mitchell]

Thanks David and Kirk much appreciated.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the IQ, details, sharpness, BG and composition. Very well done Keith.

[keith mitchell]

Thanks a lot Jim.

Keith.