Lesser Yellowlegs

Gallery: AvianPosted April 14, 201188 views3 comments

Yesterday I was at one of the lakes on the North Plate National Wildlife Refuge and there were a lot of water fowl on the lake. At least a dozen different ducks, mergansers, grebes, pelicans, coots, cormorants, herons plus raptors and others birds. There were a few shore birds and these Yellowlegs gave me a few shots including this fly by. Retirement is fun. I can go when there are not crowds and many time have a place all to myself. Your comments are welcome and appreciated.

Canon 30D
Tokina 80-400
Aperture Priority
Shutter 1/1500
Aperture f8
ISO 400
400mm
Cropped to about 80% of original off of top and bottom
Some Temperature adjustment

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by Mia McPherson on April 14, 2011 at 3:22 PM

Richard,

I like that the flight poses of the yellowlegs are different, it adds interest and tension to the image. Yellowlegs fly fairly fast so kudos for getting them in flight. There are a few whites over 255 in the rump of the front bird and the rump & flank of the bird in the rear, you may be able to bring those down in RAW (if this was shot in RAW) and tickle out a little more detail in those areas.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on April 14, 2011 at 7:17 PM

Nice flight shot. Detail in front bird is pretty sharp, a little less so in the second bird but i don't find it distracting. The variety in poses is interesting.

Registered on January 24, 2011, 576 Posts, 6942 Comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on April 14, 2011 at 7:43 PM

A tough species to get in flight so well done there Richard, nice separation and different poses. I'd prefer them coming at or parallel to you a bit more but nothing you could have done about that. I agree with toning down some of the whites.

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