Waterhole Take-off

Gallery: AvianPosted June 1, 2012175 views10 comments

White-winged Dove from this morning @ 10:43. Clear & sunny, no flash.
F/7.1, 1/3200th, ISO 640, 1D M3, 300mm f/2.8 + 1.4x ext.

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10 comments

Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on June 1, 2012 at 8:46 PM

Great action catch.

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on June 1, 2012 at 9:23 PM

Great catch Howard! Detail is excellent. Nice wing position too.

Ray

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Comment posted by John Tobias on June 1, 2012 at 11:53 PM

Nice action, good capture. Great timing on your part. Goes to show there are still many ways to photograph even the more common creatures amongst us. thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on June 2, 2012 at 4:31 AM

Great action and very good detail,excellent.

Keith.

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Comment posted by Roger Leekam on June 2, 2012 at 10:46 AM

Howard, unusual shot with great action. I would tend to lighten the heavy shadow on his right side if possible, particularly on the body.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on June 2, 2012 at 12:11 PM

I would need to use flash to fill Roger, it was sunny & near 11:00 as I say.
I have already brought up the shadowed side as much as I'm going to.
It's pretty much as it looks naturally in this type of light anyway..

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Comment posted by Robert Bunch on June 2, 2012 at 12:17 PM

Very nice. I especially like the wing position. Looks like there is something in his beak.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on June 2, 2012 at 12:32 PM

Thanx Robert. I zoomed in and it looks a bit of water trailing out of the birds beak..
Very observant of ya