Gallery: AvianPosted September 3, 201096 views6 comments
The two Long-billed Curlews were in almost exactly the same pose. I concentrated on keeping the foreground bird sharp and let the d-o-f fall where it may.
Canon 50D
400mm DO
ISo 200
f/5.6 @1/250
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Comment posted by Buck Ward on September 3, 2010 at 8:40 PM
A double wing stretch! Super! Often a picture like this, with the near bird occluding the other, doesn't work well, but the rhyming posture brings it up a notch.
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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on September 3, 2010 at 11:17 PM
Great poses, Stephen. It looks to me as if your point of focus was on the near wing of the front bird, rather than the eye. the face is just a trifle soft and the tip of the beak noticeably so. Great angle.
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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on September 4, 2010 at 9:06 AM
Very cute!
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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on September 4, 2010 at 11:06 AM
Interesting matching poses Stephen. I agree with Dennis about the POF.
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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on September 4, 2010 at 2:32 PM
Nice balancing act. Like the over all sublte colors.
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Comment posted by David Haynes on September 5, 2010 at 8:36 PM
Nits already noted I really like this image Stephen. It is unusual to get an image like this that actually works. This does. My only other nit would be the colors in the water. Looks like too much cyan to my monitor. Could be my monitor though as this is the second post today I have made this recommendation. I did just recalibrate but maybe the light in the room was bad when I did it. Great image Stephen.
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