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    Default Black-winged Stilt with Eggs

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    Flooded pasture land had created an island and attracted several species of birds to nest with relative safty from cats and foxes.

    Canon EOS 3, Canon 70-200 F2.8L, ISO 100, Natural light with fill-flash, 1/125 sec F11, Hide, tripod.

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    Gayle Clement
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    Wonderful find, John. I like the protective position of the stilt and the detail of the eggs.

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    Judy Lynn Malloch
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    You did a fine job capturing this stilt as it is not an easy subject to expose and I love the composition. As Gayle mentioned, a wonderful protective pose and nicely framed.. Excellent environmenta; capture John !!

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    Excellent nesting shot nice to get this in the open.

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    A great capture and added interest with the nest and eggs. As previously mentioned black and white are always difficult but you nailed. On my screen there appears to be a suggestion of a halo running along the birds back!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Del Cockroft View Post
    A great capture and added interest with the nest and eggs. As previously mentioned black and white are always difficult but you nailed. On my screen there appears to be a suggestion of a halo running along the birds back!!!
    Thanks for the comments Del - I took the image back into PS and yes I agree with your findings - I think its a jpeg compression artefact. From memory i had to use a low 4 or 5 quality during compression to bring the image within the required file size.

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