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Killdeer Flight
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Killdeer Flight

by Patrick O'Healy

Gallery: AvianPosted September 5, 2012147 views5 comments
September 3, 2012 San Joaquin Wildlife Preserve, Irvine, CA

Nikon D800 Nikkor 200-400mm lens 400mm f/8 1/1000 ISO 400 RAW White Balance Auto Manual Shot on a tripod with a Wimberley gimbal

Cropped in CS6

Comments welcome

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by John Tobias on September 5, 2012 at 11:38 AM
It looks just a tad soft, but it is IMHO an outstanding killdeer image! Maybe take just a bit off of the top. thanks for sharing.
Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments
Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on September 5, 2012 at 12:18 PM
Great! I've never gotten a killdeer in flight - just too fast for me. Nice pose and eye contact. Silky water just the right shade, imo.
A little additional sharpening or structure to the bird only might help the slight softness.
Any chance for a bit tighter crop?
Sandy
Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments
Comment posted by Verdon on September 5, 2012 at 12:24 PM
Wow, awesome love the shots of the birds in flight taken from the top, nice detail and pose! :toast:
Registered on June 10, 2011, 147 Posts, 1444 Comments
Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on September 5, 2012 at 7:34 PM
Good BIF. These little guys are fast flyers. Excellent work! :toast:
Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments
Comment posted by Randy Bacon on September 5, 2012 at 10:17 PM
Congratulations on a difficult capture Patrick - I have lots of tail feather shots of them flying away from me, but nothing as nice as this. If this will stand a tighter crop I would be tempted to eliminate some of the negative space, but I do like this as presented.
Registered on November 24, 2008, 56 Posts, 492 Comments