Greater Yellowlegs

Posted by Mako_Elite on Tue Mar 20, 2018 8:57 pm

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Shot yesterday late afternoon. I love to shoot Yellowlegs. It require some planning. I had to wait until lowest point of the low tide to expose the mud so shorebirds can get some food and sun was behind me. It was really busy with Yellowlegs, Dunlin and variety of ducks. It is fun to watch how efficient Yellowlegs are to find these worms. Even Peregrin Falcon came to visit, I could tell, in split second all the birds took of and moment later Peregrin flew over my head blazing speed.

1D4, SIGMA 500mm f/4.5 + Kenko 1.4X DGX TC (700mm)
1/1600, ISO-800, f/10 on tripod.

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by Ron Day on Tue Mar 20, 2018 10:12 pm

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Excellent capture, Ludo! Wonderful timing to capture the worm in the bill.

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by RLK on Tue Mar 20, 2018 10:18 pm

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I agree with Ron. The only thing that I would say is that the dark floating branch in the background is a bit distracting and I would try to either tone it down or maybe remove it.
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by Jeff Munoz on Tue Mar 20, 2018 11:11 pm

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Nicely capture Ludo, great low angle action shot!

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by Gene Gwin on Wed Mar 21, 2018 8:05 am

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Nice details and it's interesting that you caught him just as he was getting the worm. Agree about the branch.

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by Carol Clarke on Thu Mar 22, 2018 5:35 am

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Beautifully timed capture of the feeding behaviour Ludo!

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