Dunlin

[Jonathan Ashton]

Tripod Canon 1DX Canon 500mm f4 LIS II & 2xTC Auto ISO 1600 + 1/2500 sec f8
Another shot from a local beach at high tide.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Nice dining capture, Jonathan. Like the raised foot, and that you left the dried plant on the left.

Geoffrey




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[Arthur Morris]

Love the bird. What a fresh juvenile.

#1: there is some very funky stuff going on our left side of the little plant ... May I assume that you did some work there?

#2: the repost addresses the concept of different strokes for different folks :)

with love, artie

[Isaac Grant]

That is a hot bird. I share Arties love of these juvenile Dunlins. We just hardly get them in the Northeast part of the US. Maybe a few per year at most. I like this shot. Nice and sharp, nice colors and shows the feeding behavior nicely. Nice one Jonathan.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thanks for the feedback everyone, glad you liked it.
Artie you are bang on! I thought it looked ok but obviously not good enough! the tussock was on the RHS of the bird I repositioned it, I should have blended more carefully.

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks for the feedback everyone, glad you liked it.
Artie you are bang on! I thought it looked ok but obviously not good enough! the tussock was on the RHS of the bird I repositioned it, I should have blended more carefully.

Hey Jon, You did make a mess of it :)

with love, artie

[Jonathan Ashton]

Hey Jon, You did make a mess of it :)

with love, artie

I'll have to blame it on my new varifocals and reading glasses - not getting on with them, going for another eye test Saturday to check prescription.