Oystercatchers

Gallery: AvianPosted May 13, 2010552 views26 comments

Canon 1D Mark III
800 mm lens
1/250 sec. at f/6.3
ISO 800
Manual mode
Tripod in the water w/ hip waders
Alafia Banks via the Hooptie Deux
I left the debris on the beach, I didn't want a sterile look.

Comments

26 comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on May 13, 2010 at 7:54 PM

Whoa!! Awesome shot Denise

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Comment posted by Dan Harbour on May 13, 2010 at 8:02 PM

Great capture of the mating behavior. beautiful color and wonderful details. Impressive job on the exposure with details in the blacks and whites.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on May 13, 2010 at 8:03 PM

Excellent!
Great to see you posting more over here!

Sandy r

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Comment posted by mark cillo on May 13, 2010 at 10:12 PM

Cool behavior shot! Nice work

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Comment posted by David Chauvin on May 13, 2010 at 11:22 PM

Very nice behavioral shot, Denise. I saw one of these locally for the first time this spring and wish I had gotten something this nice.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on May 13, 2010 at 11:44 PM

Great timing with superb angles and expression! Well done. I agree with leaving the debris.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on May 14, 2010 at 1:25 AM

Great timing. Excellent that you were so well positioned as well to get a perfect side view.

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Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on May 14, 2010 at 6:25 AM

Great shot, Denise

A perfect DOF @ 1/250sec!
Mauro

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on May 14, 2010 at 9:44 AM

Great behavioural shot, Denise.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on May 14, 2010 at 10:52 AM

Superb mating shot Denise! Extremely sharp...the color is awesome and the low angle as well as the shooting angle are perfect (not easy to do since this is over fairly quickly and the 800 is no lightweight piece of glass)

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Comment posted by Nancy Elwood on May 14, 2010 at 2:35 PM

Wonderful behavior shot Denise!!! The environment looks fine to me and the exposure spot on! Well done!

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Comment posted by John Tobias on May 14, 2010 at 4:00 PM

Very nice photo. I like the detail in the birds and the action pose. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on May 14, 2010 at 6:45 PM

Great catch super detail

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on May 15, 2010 at 8:45 AM

Wonderful action Denise and I like the comp

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Mike Gallo on May 18, 2010 at 5:21 PM

Congrats on the EP Denise, well deserved

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Comment posted by dan elster on May 18, 2010 at 5:28 PM

Congrats Denise! Awesome image.

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Comment posted by denise ippolito on May 18, 2010 at 6:27 PM

Thank you so much. I am honored.

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Comment posted by Gary Reed on May 18, 2010 at 9:17 PM

I can hear the circus bugs from bugs life. "Hoopa"...as they summersault each other into the air....(Looks like they are practicing some balancing act)...

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on May 18, 2010 at 9:53 PM

Congrats on the EP!
Awesome shot.
Sandy r

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Comment posted by Neil Rossmiller on May 19, 2010 at 11:46 AM

Congratulations on your EP, Denise!
Well Done.

Neil

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on May 19, 2010 at 11:56 AM

Congrats Denise

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Comment posted by denise ippolito on May 19, 2010 at 2:53 PM

Thanks again folks, much appreciated.

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Comment posted by Roman Kurywczak on May 21, 2010 at 9:35 PM

Congrats Denise on the weekly pick!!! Great action and story!

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on May 25, 2010 at 2:14 PM

Somehow I missed this one last week. Sweet One Denise!!! Congrats

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Peter Conway on May 25, 2010 at 4:04 PM

I missed this earlier. Congrats on a well deserved EP. Agree you wouldn't want anything sterile here.

Peter

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 23, 2011 at 8:38 AM

Great shot Denise! The color, exposure, POV, and comp look great.
Details look good from what I can see at this size as well.
Very nice behavioral image, well done & have a great weekend

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