Another preening Snipe

[John Robinson]

Well same bird as lasst time actually.
D7100
Sigma 50-500mm
800ISO
250th @f8
-1EV
Crop from horizontal
Neat Image
Image Guru/Colourv washer.
Cheers
JohnR

[Tony Whitehead]

Nice freeing pose and eye contact, John. Plumage detail looks a bit smeared ?from noise reduction software. Not clear on the -1 EV as seems quite evenly lit - was it to save the highlights on the chest? Lovely plumage patterns and texture with the ruffled feathers.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image, John.
Beautiful preening pose with ruffled feathers. Nice details and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Love the preening post and eye contact. You and Keith are killing me with your snipe in the open, here they are very secretive buried in vegetation. Thank you for sharing, John.

[Karl Egressy]

Excellent preening pose and eye contact, John.

[John Robinson]

Thanks all.
Tony- Usually have the ev down for safety on the white. Regarding the NR I am sure it was to the BG only with a layer.. Maybe bird movement.
Getting them out in the open is just by finding a location and sitting in a hide- sometimes for a lot of hours.
Cheers
JohnR

[Lorant Voros]

Awesome preening pose and I like the vertical lines (crop, beak) and the horizontal feathers in the image. Nice eye contact too.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the preening pose, eye contact and composition. Well done John.

[John Robinson]

Thanks all.
JohnR