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    Default Short-billed Dowitcher

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    EOS-1D Mk II, 500mm f/4L + 2xII, 1/200, f/8, ISO 400
    95% of Full Frame (slight crop from top and right)

    Photographed this past August at Jamaica Bay NWR during a Birds As Art IPT.

    Looking forward to your comments and critiques !

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    Great angle and light, Mike. I would give it a bit more room. The DOF is really razor thin. The head is perfectly sharp, it would have been great if the tail were, too.

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    Hey Mike, Love the low angle I agree and disagree with Alex. Agree that the bird is too big in the frame, but, for 25 years I have done OK focusing on the eye and not giving a rat's *** about depth of field. Would like to see this just a bit darker.

    This is one of the birds from our afternoon at the north end, correct?

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    This is a very nice capture and certainly does look like the north end in it's nice late afternoon/evening light.

    For more DOF, you would have had to sacrifice your iso a little bit, as you were already at 1/200 of a second, and while you could have chanced shooting at a slower speed, you might have lost the image or sharpness.

    I think one thing that might have been nice would have been if that droplet was a little more solidified and discernable at the base of the bill.

    very nice job all around though. Makes me miss summer.....

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    Lovely, Mike :)

    I like the selective focus in the eye, but agree on it being personal taste.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Morris View Post
    This is one of the birds from our afternoon at the north end, correct?
    That is indeed correct !
    I was lying in the muck right next to you for this one !

    Great call (as always) to be there that evening.
    Yielded some of my favorite images from the trip.

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    I like it Mike !!!! Sweet light on that bird Just the extra room and slightly more density!!!

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    Nice low angle and great light!

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    Excellent image... love the light and post, and the low angle cannot be beat. Atiny bit of of room on the left and this would be a winner. Thanx for sharing.

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    Very fine post. I love the low angle, soft water and gorgeous light. Just a bit tight for my tastes. But thats a minor nit.

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