Snipe

[John Robinson]

Snipe punturing itself!

The wader hide finally paid off. Only 4 hours this time with a new seat ! The light was slightly from behind /late afternoon, but not too bad.
Quite a large crop (60%) so IQ suffered somewhat.
D200
Sigma 50-500mm
160th @f8
640 ISO
JR

[Karl Egressy]

Nice preening pose and excellent eye contact, John.

[John Robinson]

Thanks Karl
I did expect it to go bang any minute !
I have litereally hundreds of these birds preening etc but all with a lot of veg in the BG. Just a few like this.
Cheers
John

[John Rowell]

I like this preening pose, whites have nice detail and I like the position in the frame. Glad the new hide is working out.

[John Robinson]

Thanks John
I like hides- they save walking !!
Cheers
John

[David Salem]

Maybe he's committing "Harry Carry" :) Nice frame with an interesting pose, good eye contact,( not often seen in preening poses) and lots of nice details. Well done

[Allen Sparks]

Hi John,
Nice frame. Good details and fine capture of this behavior. Well composed.
Allen

[John Robinson]

Thanks again all.
I am trying a new colour checking programme and touch wood it looks as though it might be working!
Cheers
JohnR