Black-tailed Godwit Inflight


Posted by KK Hui on Fri Sep 26, 2003 7:31 pm

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I love the upper wing pattern of this species, the Black-tailed Godwit and is one of my all time favorite amongst shorebirds. This shot was captured yesterday at a nature reserve here in Hong Kong.

EOS-10D, EF500/4L IS + EF1.4x
Incident @ -1/3, ISO 200
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by Terence P. Brashear on Fri Sep 26, 2003 7:50 pm
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I love your flight shots!

Keep them coming!

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by NDCheryl on Fri Sep 26, 2003 7:52 pm
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Very nice flight shot.
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by Dennis Olivero on Fri Sep 26, 2003 8:10 pm
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Great flight shot KK, congrats!
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by Jill on Fri Sep 26, 2003 9:35 pm
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Wonderful shot, KK. Now I know what to look for in this species. :D
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by Laura Stiefel on Fri Sep 26, 2003 10:03 pm
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Very nice! Catching these smaller bird's in flight cannot be an easy task.
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by E.J. Peiker on Fri Sep 26, 2003 10:18 pm
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This is very cool. i much prefer shots like this over the Egrets. Very nice!!!
 

by Alan Murphy on Fri Sep 26, 2003 10:18 pm
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This is so good. I would be very tempted to blur the background a little. The bird would just jump off the screen. Great shot.
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by Jim Probst on Fri Sep 26, 2003 11:16 pm
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Excellent flight shot! The bird is well defined against the background, and the pose is great!
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by AlexC on Sat Sep 27, 2003 6:02 am
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Cool bird, nice wing spread and great composition, whites to the edge but not too bad!! Congrats!!!
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by Bill Whala on Sat Sep 27, 2003 7:07 am
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I love the bird's position in the frame. The light is awesome!!

Congtats. :)
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by ajhand on Sat Sep 27, 2003 10:30 am
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This is pretty amazing, esecially considering the fact that you were using a 10D, and using it against a background other than plain sky.

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by Sandy Mossberg on Sat Sep 27, 2003 4:48 pm
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KK, a beautiful shot and a great accomplishment getting this with a 10D.
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by Bill Keown on Sat Sep 27, 2003 8:10 pm
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Another great flight shot KK. Not an easy subject to capture this well in flight.

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by Paul Fusco on Sat Sep 27, 2003 10:28 pm
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Very nice! The wings and the head are positioned just right. The bird is well lit, and shows nice detail.

Congrats!

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by Mike Wilson on Sun Sep 28, 2003 10:22 pm
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Beautiful bird in flight KK.
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by LHays on Mon Sep 29, 2003 3:58 am
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What a great flight shot. This could not have been an easy shot....especially with the 10D. Excellent!!
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by Richard on Mon Sep 29, 2003 9:10 am
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Excellent! These guys in flight always seem to have a jet pack on. Excellent wing position. Very nice!
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by Anthony Medici on Tue Sep 30, 2003 6:12 pm
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Nice! And not easy to do with that kind of background. Good work. :)
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