Snow Bunting in, well, the snow (with repost)

Posted by Matthew Whitley on Wed Dec 17, 2003 9:10 am

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Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalis

I shot this guy a couple of weekends ago... I used my shorebird tactics and put my lens on my groundpod for a crawling session, only this time in the snow. It was cold but I got off a couple of shots. .Hope ya like it!

Canon 1D, 500IS and 2x, Incident 1/640 at f10, ISO200. Groundpod/Wimberley.

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by Harvey Edelman on Wed Dec 17, 2003 9:22 am

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I like this image a lot. The only thing I might do is take a bit of the snow off the bottom.

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by E.J. Peiker on Wed Dec 17, 2003 9:33 am

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I agree with Harvey. Overall a nice picture but that large amount of OOF foreground, especially since its the brightest part of the photo, competes with the bird for attention.

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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Wed Dec 17, 2003 9:44 am

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Matthew,

Very nice shot. The colors and the pose of the bird look great.

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by Alan Murphy on Wed Dec 17, 2003 10:38 am

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Matthew, I like your approach to get this photo but feel that if you were a little higher you would have been able to include the legs and feet. I might also clone out some of what looks like bird seed. The bird looks awesome.

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by Carol Clarke on Wed Dec 17, 2003 10:38 am

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Beautiful little morsel! I agree a little less OOF snow in the FG but a lovely shot nonetheless!!

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by BrianS on Wed Dec 17, 2003 11:17 am

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Little beauty -- foreground is a bit stronger then the bunting.

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by Bill Whala on Wed Dec 17, 2003 11:33 am

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Matthew,

You've heard about the fg snow. Still, it's a very nice image.

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by Matthew Whitley on Wed Dec 17, 2003 12:44 pm

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Thanks for the suggestions everyone... I agree with the FG suggestions, so I redid the image with a new crop... let me know what you think!

P.S. Alan... thats not bird seed, its the gravel they were poking around in.

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by LHays on Wed Dec 17, 2003 4:38 pm

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Matthew
I like the repost much better. Nothing like crawling in muck or snow. Glad to see you posting again....hope you get a chance to get out a lot over Christmas break!!!

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by Carol Clarke on Wed Dec 17, 2003 6:19 pm

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Works for me Matthew!!

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