Whimbrel

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Quite a few Whimbrel passing through the island at the moment. I managed to get some half decent shots in the poor light.
C & C very welcome.
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/3563/whimbrel060507zo4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/4714/whimbrel060507cne4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/306/whimbrel060507blk1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Anke]

Lovely shots of a lovely bird!! Thanks :D

[beano]

Great shots! That camouflage is amazing... ;)

[Stephen Stephen]

I really like these Pete. The only things that might improve these, IMHO, would be a touch more catchlight in the eye.

[jpalmer]

spot on with that pose in the first and i would agree with scott the camo works well the the ground colour and rocks.

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Cheers for the comments.

I agree Stephen, catchlight makes all the difference. Unfortunately it was overcast conditions so there wasnt any light to catch in the eye. ;)
Im not a fan of putting artificial catchlight in as it looks a bit false when compared with the light in the rest of the shot.
The other alternative would have been to use fill in flash but I didnt want to disturb the birds as they were feeding up while passing through.

[snappa]

I was going to post a couple of shots of Whimbrel that I saw recently. Not a chance now. Superb shots Pete.

[beano]

Im not a fan of putting artificial catchlight in as it looks a bit false when compared with the light in the rest of the shot.

I'm not sure it needs it, but another alternative is to use the dodge tool on the existing catchlight, to bring it out a bit more. These look fine to me though if i'm honest. ;)

[philc123]

Great series Pete, catchlight makes no difference to me when the shots are this good. :)

[downywp]

These are all great shots! I'm a big fan of habitat shots that convey a sense of mood and expression, great colors, nicely timed and beautifully composed!:-) I guess this is just my personal preference, but I also like the natural light in these photos, to me, fill flash, unless properly looks very un-natural with washed out colors, same for "artificial" catchlights...just my $.02 ;-)

[canonloader]

Wow, he sure blends in with that background stuff. :)

[Sindri Skulason]

Great series. Sharp with excellent details. :-)

[cannylad]

Nice set Pete, well captured.

[Roy C]

Great series Pete.

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Thanks for the comments everyone. Much appreciated.

[Keith R]

I'm only seeing one picture - but it looks damn' good to me..!