Eurasian Curlew #1

[Mital Patel]

Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Camera : Canon 40d
Lens : Canon 500 EF L F/4 + Canon 1.4 TC
Exposure : 1/640sec @ 700mm
Aperture : f/5.6
ISO Rating : 500
Captured On : Oct 02 2009, 7:11 am
Location : Thol bird Sanctuary, Kadi, Mehsana, Gujarat, INDIA

Eurasian Curlews are passage migrant and dont stay long for the location its been captured.
this is again a bad light angle but i could do nothing bout that as the other side of approach is still closed and we sighed this only one migrant at the place for the first time in the season so bear with this.

used friends Canon Kit for quick shoot from our gypsy. lucky i was that this fella started walking towards me with not knowing our car is just behind the bush it was feeding.

Full C&C

[Fabs Forns]

Mital, I like the light angle, it gives it a very interesting rim light. Very dreamy foreground and soft feeling. If it's OK with your p/p ethics, I may remove the stick touching the bird since you could not move when you captured it. Very beautiful, congratulations.

[Mital Patel]

thanks fabs for pointing.
here is cloned version.

[Fabs Forns]

Oh yes!!! Since you cloned, get the two light spots on the right too ;) Wish this one was mine :)

[Mital Patel]

fabs on the right those were little insects flying in early monrning grass.

[Michael Zajac]

Nice repost. I agree w/ the eviction of the 2 insects as it is not clear what they are. Beautiful BG colors and the dreamy quality is nice.

[DanWalters]

Really like the sharpness in the bird compared to the soft green.

[denise ippolito]

Nice repost and great BG colors. I like the lighting. Nicely done.

[Harshad Barve]

lovely lighting , compo, BG and sharpness
wish it was mine
TFS

[Paul Randall]

Repost looks great as did the first one. That side lighting really suits this bird. The insects are not too distracting but might pay to lose them anyway.

[christopher galeski]

nice repost ,love the light,the bg the fg,nice and sharp were needed.thanks.