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    Great Thick-knee
    Nov 13, 2010, 44pm
    Taken with 1D Mark IV, 500 F/4, 1.4 TC
    1/250, f/8, ISO 640 @ 700mm

    Taken in cloudy sunset almost no light of sun on the beach.

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    Great shot I like the resting pose as its nice and sharp. I might be tempted to try and lift the levels a bit
    as it looks as if your lighting wasn't the best and the image could use a lift.

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    I realize light was low, but I agree with James the image could use a lift. Good low angle and I like the lazy pose...sharp as posted.

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    here's repost. thanks james and daniel for suggestion. it really worked.

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    Hi Mital the repost is great just love the subtle light and clarity you have achieved in those light conditions. A very similar bird to our Water Thick-knee which also adopts the same resting pose.TFS.

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    Mital-bhai, What a bird. The repost is definitely better but it could still use a boost in contrast and saturation.....

    How was your rig supported when you made this image?
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    Mital,

    Very interesting shot of a cartoonish looking bird with the huge eyes and short legs. So strange the way it is resting on its entire part of the leg from the knee to the toes. The repost looks better and I hope you push it a little farther as Artie suggests.

    DB

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    Thanks Art bhai and Danny,

    here is another from scratch.

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    Better still. You missed this question above:

    How was your rig supported when you made this image?
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    @art :- well the combo benro CF tripod with Manfrotto 393 gave me much freedom go low but this was not 100% low as i was still at 1ft height . and the mkIV+500+1.4 with such low light still performed really great. had shot few at 1000+ iso and they were really sharp too but those were at distant and then later all 4 thick-knee came near gave lower iso bettter shots :)

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    Okie dokie and thanks. Here is my point: in situations like this, if the bird stays put, take the lens off the tripod and get the lens foot and the lens hood on the ground. In this situation I would have moved a yard or two left to better parallel the subject. Make a few images and see if you see the feet or if you like the "bird in heaven" look.

    The lower the better. I have even dug a small hole for the lens foot :)
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