It's a snipe hunt

[Ian Cassell]

Wilson's Snipe

I've been trying to find one of these guys out in the open for some time.

Canon 7D
Canon EF400mm f/5.6L
1/1250sec f/7.1 ISO 400

S/H and Sharpening in CS5

[nancy hazen]

What a cool bird. The eye is so far back in the head- great shot of him. You even got some reflection.
nancy

[Mikko Viljamaa]

I like a lot the composition you have here. Might be just me but I think I can see some halo / other reflection around the bird's head and above its back.


Mikko

[Ian Cassell]

Thanks, folks!

Mikko, I believe what you are seeing is just a different color to the mud/weeds in that area. I also see it following the course above the weeds that are in front of his eye. I don't think it is a post-processing artifact.

[Ben_Sadd]

Snipes look so cool. I love those big bulbous eyes. You did well to catch one out in the open and the eye contact is great.

I also don't really see a halo. I think a touch of NR on the distant background would be good.

How much of a crop is this?

[Ian Cassell]

I'm never quite sure how to describe crop, but this is about 75% of original image size

[Ben_Sadd]

Thanks Ian. So that is 13.5 MP left of the original 18 of the 7D. No problems there then :)