Dipper

Not the best quality i'm afraid, as i wasn't planning on birding, so didn't have the 400 with me.. Doh! This was taken with a 135mm + 1.4x extender. Very heavily cropped.

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Beautiful photo. I love watching our version in the U.S., the American Dipper, swimming and diving for food. Yours is a quite beautiful species.

Don't worry Scott its a good shot, well done.

Thanks guys.. They're fascinating birds to watch, and surprisingly tolerant of people. I haven't seen the American Dipper, so will go and google that now..

I'll definitely be making a trip back there, specifically to watch and photograph (of course haha) this Dipper again.

Nice catch.

I think it is a lovely shot. You have captured the environment very well.

Scott a nice habitat despite the crop shot. Since you have checked image editing OK I would suggest cropping somewhat like this to reduce the eye-catching foreground water and bringing more interest to the bird itself.

Great shot Scott.

bigjohninva wrote in post #17245581
Nice catch.

2n10 wrote in post #17245633
I think it is a lovely shot. You have captured the environment very well.

Peter2516 wrote in post #17246980
Great shot Scott.

Thank you

Stephen Stephen wrote in post #17245683
Scott a nice habitat despite the crop shot. Since you have checked image editing OK I would suggest cropping somewhat like this to reduce the eye-catching foreground water and bringing more interest to the bird itself.

Thanks Stephen, the only reason I haven't cropped more, is that I'm not far off 100% already. Your crop will put me at, or over, 100%.