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    I am not one hundred percent sure on this one:confused: - don't know my shore birds that well. But I think these are Pacific Golden Plover.

    7d, 500mm f4 + 1.4 extender. 1/640 @ f13 and ISO400.

    Boat Harbour Marine Reserve for those in Aus. have thought about cropping out our friend on the far left? while out of focus he still Has a good head angle.

    Thanks Tom

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    Your spot on with the ID, Tom.
    I'd lose your friend on the left and also trim a good chunk of the foreground also. Maybe a touch over half.

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    Although I'm OK with or without the left bird, I do agree about cropping out some of the foreground - at least to above the dark area, and I also find those tiny round objects distracting. As for that bird, I'd rather see it way out of DOF like here (obviously far way), than just a tiny bit off - hence me being OK with it. Realizing that we can't always expect Mother Nature to cooperate, especially with many individuals in the frame, I still wish the two right birds had their faces turned a bit more towards us. Neat barren landscape with matching colours to the subjects!

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    Hi Tom, nice light and exposure giving good detail on the birds. I lean towards removing the far left bird and agree with Daniel about the round objects. Also like the background.

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    As this was taken on a exposed rock shelf by the sea the round objects are some sort of shell creature.

    I had cloned out some of the more distracting ones but will have another go. I'll re crop.

    First time to this shore bird hotspot. Gulls, Pied and sooty oystercatchers, crested terns, cormorants, black fronted dotterel (great looking little bird) and a host of other things. Some in flock numbers.:)

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    Cropped image and cloned out white shells. kept left bird.

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    This is looking good. I might just blur that one section of in focus rock. Looks a bit out of place :)

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    Nice image Tom for a first attempt at these birds. Plenty of PGP's at the moment so you'll have plenty of opportunities for more images.

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    If anyone knows how to blur things then let me know. I will be working on it.

    Mark - Gulls are a great way to practice your exposure for whites - I saw your picture. They are also fairly tame, so easy to get close to. I think the 800mm would be the go at this spot. You are very exposed and the birds are not exactly tame. I was craving for more reach even with an extender and the 1.6x of the 7d.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tom Rambaut View Post
    Mark - Gulls are a great way to practice your exposure for whites - I saw your picture. They are also fairly tame, so easy to get close to. I think the 800mm would be the go at this spot. You are very exposed and the birds are not exactly tame. I was craving for more reach even with an extender and the 1.6x of the 7d.
    Thanks Tom.

    My local spot is Long Reef on the other side of the bridge. The setup there is pretty much the same as at Boat Harbour. I tend to get quite close to shorebirds even with 420mm of lens. There is a knack to doing it and it's not always successful. But if you ever head over my way and want to catch up then send me a PM and I'll be more than happy to pass on some tips on how to approach shorebirds without scaring them and without them scattering from you.

    Check this image to see just what's possible. I wasn't able to fit all the bird in frame so I went for a portrait image instead. The bird was around 5m away.

    The link in my sig goes to my blog. 90% of all my images are taken at this one spot.

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    Have been wanting to get to Long Reef.

    These guys were 33meters away.

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