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Posted by Rich Demler on Thu Apr 01, 2004 9:29 am

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Image shot yesterday at Ding Darling. I found a few yellowlegs mixed in with some shorebirds and it was a challenge trying to isolate them. To make it even harder, it started to rain lightly. Suddenly, all birds but these two flew off, which now made my job a bit easier. The light was very low, and because of the rain, I decided to skip using flash. I waited until both birds appreared in my viewfinder and fired off a few shots. I still don't know why these birds stayed and the others flew away, but I'd like to believe Nature was sending me another gift.
Canon D60, 600 IS, 2X, ISO200, 1/80, f/8, RAW. Slight crop on right and bottom.
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by Rob Palmer on Thu Apr 01, 2004 10:04 am
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Rich, no kidding on the gift. A wonderful shot, well composed and awesome getting two different species matched so well.
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by Bill Whala on Thu Apr 01, 2004 10:09 am
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Great illustration of the difference between these species. Excellent image that would be even stronger, IMHO, if the bottom were cropped to just above the reflections of their bodies. 8)
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by AForns on Thu Apr 01, 2004 10:12 am
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Totally agree a great shot. You were persistent and got excellent results. I like the way a 600 with a 2x flattens the angle to the birds.


BTW they stayed probably to have their picture taken :)
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by Peter Wallack on Thu Apr 01, 2004 11:46 am
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Great portraits of each and what a way to compare their relative sizes and shapes. The composition is very fine with a great blance of environment and simplicity around the birds to make them pop out. I photographed the Lesser the day before in Ding Darling; his name is Fred. I was in Ding Darling yesterday morning as well but the Yellowlegs were too far off then.
 

by fredcor on Thu Apr 01, 2004 1:09 pm
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Terrific shot of both. I never realised the greater was that much greater.
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by Noel on Thu Apr 01, 2004 1:29 pm
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Wow, this would make a GREAT bird ID book shot! The fact that you got both types of bird in the shot offsets the slightly distasteful stuff in the water. Well executed!

I agree with Bill's crop suggestion.

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by AlexC on Thu Apr 01, 2004 3:05 pm
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Rich, lovely composition and nice "look away", whites to the edge , very nice indeed!!, Pretty yellow stockings to boot!! Congrats!! 8)
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by Jill on Thu Apr 01, 2004 9:30 pm
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Rich, The perfect position of each bird shows their differences loud and clear!! I love when this happens ... and you've done a great job!!! 8) 8)
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by Steve Sage on Thu Apr 01, 2004 11:28 pm
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Very interesting to see them together like this. Great isolation. Congrats on getting this one Rich!
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Well done, Rich!!!
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