Short-Billed Dowitcher Flight

[Doug Brown]

I love a challenging BIF subject, and the Short-billed Dowitcher certainly delivers the goods. They are small and swift! A lot of fun to photograph!



Canon 1D Mark IV, 600mm, f/7.1, 1/3200, ISO 500, manual exposure, hand held

[Randy Stout]

Doug:

Great wing down pose, like the near tip in the water or at least behind the wave. Good detail on wing, like the angle in frame and exposure.

Well done.

Cheers

Randy

[Joe Senzatimore]

Beautiful exposure and great timing. Love the near wing in the water.

[Mital Patel]

great great image. i am least bother to al the critiques can go but to enjoy the beauty of this Dowitcher.

seems like perfect textbook specimen to show in-flight wing patterns.

[Nico Steenberg]

Good in flight shot. Like the comp and colours. Subject is sharp and well exposed.

[Arthur Morris]

Killer dorsal view of the near wing. HHing the 600 for this is beyond me so hats off.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Great wing position and light on the wings as well.

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent job Doug! these guys are really fast and you pulled this one off nicely. Hopefully we will both have the new 600 soon!

[Craig Brelsford]

Fine work, Doug, and I salute you for hand-holding. I'm finding that when the light is good hand-holding is an advantage for fast birds. The problem is not any loss of image quality but the sheer weight of the camera and lens. The tripod becomes a mere rack, something to set the gear on while one rests up.

[Doug Brown]

Fine work, Doug, and I salute you for hand-holding. I'm finding that when the light is good hand-holding is an advantage for fast birds. The problem is not any loss of image quality but the sheer weight of the camera and lens. The tripod becomes a mere rack, something to set the gear on while one rests up.

Thanks Craig. For me the tripod is one more thing to lug around. When I want to rest I simply stand the camera up on its hood; this technique works great, and in years of doing it I've never damaged any of my long lenses.

[Craig Brelsford]

Thanks Craig. For me the tripod is one more thing to lug around. When I want to rest I simply stand the camera up on its hood; this technique works great, and in years of doing it I've never damaged any of my long lenses.

You bet, Doug. I often do the same and like you have never damaged any lens--or even the hood, for that matter.

[Doug Brown]

Thanks to everyone who took the time to comment!