Different perspective

Gallery: AvianPosted February 2, 2011129 views21 comments

It's not often you look up to a Ruddy Turnstone. It was on the top of a pile of rotting seaweed and I was lying in the swale. I will not recommend lying under camo in 38C in rotting seaweed with not a breath of wind.

1d2n 500/f4 1.4X
ISO 800 f8 1/1000 resting on beanbag. ISO 800 was a mistake, it was from an earlier effort in a forest gully.

cheers
Rob

Comments

21 comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on February 2, 2011 at 7:02 AM

Super sharp and great detail as usual Rob. Love the comp with the smooth BG. Light is wonderful. I see some color banding in the greys in the BG in the larger verison, but that is probably just web compression. I might add just a bit more to the top if this were mine. Not much just a bit, but comp is always a personal thing.

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Comment posted by Gary Marquart on February 2, 2011 at 7:10 AM

Nice background, very sharp, and I like the colors of the seaweed. Very nice!

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on February 2, 2011 at 7:43 AM

might not have been pleasant, Rob, but it paid off with a beauty of a shot. great angle, nice setting and bg, sweet details. I like the comp a lot. I do see the banding that Ron mentions, but probably easily fixed. I really like this a lot. Hard to imagine enjoying nice light like this while having temps of 38C.

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Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on February 2, 2011 at 9:38 AM

Neat shot, Rob.Very sharp and great detail. Nice composition and smooth complementary BG. The light is wonderful.
Mauro

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on February 2, 2011 at 9:58 AM

I like this as presented. Image quality looks quite good to me and I'd never have guessed ISO 800 was used.

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Comment posted by Alan Bryant on February 2, 2011 at 10:07 AM

Very nice exposure, comp and details

Great shot

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on February 2, 2011 at 10:58 AM

I think this is spectacular! Love everything about it! Don't envy you in that position, though!

Sharon

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Comment posted by Michael Lotito on February 2, 2011 at 11:53 AM

Wonderful sharp image! Different plumage than I usually see.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on February 2, 2011 at 3:11 PM

Another interesting perspective Rob, that camo rotting seaweed blind is really working, wonderful detail all around and that background really adds to the image, the larger image looks great, way to go.

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Comment posted by Larry Reitz on February 2, 2011 at 4:56 PM

Excellent image Rob. I was looking to ID an image I had taken of the same species when your's appeared so thanks twice--for posting and for the help with the ID.

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on February 2, 2011 at 5:10 PM

Excellent - especially the upright pose, wonderful setting, crisp presentation and exposure control.

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Comment posted by May Haga on February 2, 2011 at 5:45 PM

Very, Very nice Rob. I hope you are keeping out of the nasty weather.
May

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on February 2, 2011 at 7:27 PM

I enjoy the unusual angle on this species Rob and and your white exposure looks very good as does overall IQ. I think the rotting seaweed makes for an interesting and appropriate (though smelly) perch. Well done.

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Comment posted by KC Choo on February 2, 2011 at 8:16 PM

I have no suggestions to make to improve on this super capture!

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on February 3, 2011 at 2:11 AM

You did what you had to Rob, to get the image you wanted. Nice Work

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on February 3, 2011 at 8:49 AM

Rob,

This made me laugh so hard: "I will not recommend lying under camo in 38C in rotting seaweed with not a breath of wind. " Been there, done that and I agree with your advice!

I like everything about this image, especially the great natural colors. Very appealing image as posted.

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Comment posted by Danny Laredo on February 3, 2011 at 10:09 AM

This is real nice Rob, Excellent detail.

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Comment posted by Geoffrey Baker on February 3, 2011 at 5:19 PM

This is very nice, it's clean and sharp

Excellent work Rob.

Geoff.

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Comment posted by Andy Shepherd on February 3, 2011 at 5:29 PM

Beautifully sharp, and nicely exposed too, top shot, Rob.

Andy...

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on February 3, 2011 at 10:59 PM

Hi Rob

Capturing this splendid bird was , i think , worth the effort and the smelly seaweed

.... A great capture

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Comment posted by Jay Levin on February 9, 2011 at 1:53 PM

Hi Rob. Great feather detail and an overall tack-sharp image. I love the perch too, and the background is super. Excellent work on this beautiful bird.

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