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WC # 798 - High Key

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted July 31, 2017308 views4 comments

Wood Stork in peak breeding colours
Wokodahatchee Wetlands, Del Ray, Florida

I just love wood storks. They are semi-graceful in flight, but very awkward and IN-adept at landing. They usually just crash into the tree and try to hold on.
I've seen them knock other birds off a limb, land on chicks, break eggs, and knock half the nest into the water below. Very humourous to watch!

2016:03:19 14:29:53
300mm
300mm (in 35mm film)
1/2000 sec, f/8
Mode: Av
Metering: Multi-segment
Exp comp: +2/3
ISO: 1250
White balance: Auto
Flash: Off

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on July 31, 2017 at 9:53 AM

A fine look at this Stork landing, Sandy. This would also look good cropped to 4x5.

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Comment posted by Paula LeVay on July 31, 2017 at 2:27 PM

Fabulous Wood Stork feather detail. Great visual tension created by its outspread toes as it reaches for the bare branch. Love it!

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 31, 2017 at 6:15 PM

Great landing pose, Sandy, and the bright sky bg really makes it work for this challenge. Excellent detail in the stork.

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Comment posted by Lucy VanSwearingen on August 1, 2017 at 10:03 PM

FANTASTIC! WHAT ACTION, DETAIL, AND COLOR! AND HIGH KEY, TOO! devil

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