Long-billed Curlew

Gallery: AvianPosted March 17, 2012108 views13 comments

Numenius americanus

I just returned from 8 days in Florida. After a very poor winter for photography here in Illinois, it was great to get out and capture some nice images. This curlew was a nice treat for me, a lifer.

1D Mk IV, 500mm f4L IS, 1.4 TC
ISO 200, 1/800, f9
Full Frame

Please view large post for detail.

All comments and critique very appreciated.
Thank You.

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on March 17, 2012 at 12:45 PM

A beauitiful species, very well depicted- Excellent sharpness, a fine palette and BG on this one- My congrats, Fabio

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on March 17, 2012 at 1:40 PM

Very nice, Matt, and congratulations on the lifer. My only suggestion would be to give it a bit more room at the bottom for the virtual feet. But the photo, especially the larger one, is very good as posted.

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Comment posted by Scott Frye on March 17, 2012 at 2:00 PM

Congrats on the lifer -- I like the beiges against the blue

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on March 17, 2012 at 3:40 PM

nice, Matt. bird looks really good against that water. comp works well for me as posted.

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on March 17, 2012 at 4:59 PM

Lovely image Matt. Love the beaks on these guys. I was going to comment that it'd be nice to have a catchlight in the eye but when I clicked through to your larger version I saw it, albeit small

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on March 17, 2012 at 5:52 PM

Very nice. Here in AZ we see them in the ag fields and rarely in water.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on March 17, 2012 at 6:04 PM

Great Bird in a nice setting, a simple but very alluring portrait. Sweet One Matt

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on March 17, 2012 at 7:21 PM

Sounds like you had a great time in the sunshine state, congratulations on this fine image Matt
Very nice!

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on March 17, 2012 at 10:19 PM

Beautiful colors and detail in this bird, and really nice light. Glad you had a good time in Florida!

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Comment posted by Randy Bacon on March 17, 2012 at 10:44 PM

What a lovely bird well captured, congratulations on the lifer and glad you had a productive trip - looking forward to seeing more from your trip.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on March 18, 2012 at 9:04 AM

Love the larger version Matt. Really nice light, exposure, and detail.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on March 18, 2012 at 10:53 PM

Very nice overall composition with good placement in the frame, good complimentary background and interesting that you can just barely see the shadow behind the bird, well seen and well done.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on March 21, 2012 at 6:03 AM

Lovely clean image Matt

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