Ruddy Turnstone at Merritt Island, FL

Posted by moose henderson on Mon Dec 15, 2003 9:06 pm

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taken with Art Morris at the Spacecoast Bird and Wildlife Festival in Titusville, FL last November 2003, data unrecorded

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by BrianS on Mon Dec 15, 2003 9:38 pm

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Excellent. Lovely BG and excellent exposure.

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by Bill Whala on Mon Dec 15, 2003 9:48 pm

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John,

This is a very nice image. The background is great. I would like to see the bird's head raised just a bit to get a more defined catchlight. I would love to have an image like this one in my files.

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by Brian E. Small on Mon Dec 15, 2003 9:50 pm

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John,

FYI, your bird is a Ruddy Turnstone.................

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by Alan Murphy on Mon Dec 15, 2003 10:59 pm

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John, nice shot with a beautiful BG. A catchlight would make this pop.

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by LHays on Tue Dec 16, 2003 7:22 am

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Nice one, John. A little head turn for the catchlight would be wonderful but you have a nice image here....good detail and a clean BG.

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by Cliff Beittel on Tue Dec 16, 2003 7:57 am

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The habitat (all in the same plane as the bird) and the water are lovely. It needs a catchlight, though, as has been said. Problem is that the sun is high and right, and with the head turned, no light is reaching the eye. In this case, catching the head turned slightly away from the camera might have put light in the eye.

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by Harvey Edelman on Tue Dec 16, 2003 8:17 am

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Very nice image. The inclusion of a catchlight has already been mentioned but very good as it stands.

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by AlexC on Tue Dec 16, 2003 11:37 am

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Nice capture and very nice exposure!!
The turn head and the CL had been mentioned!!
Congrats!!

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by E.J. Peiker on Tue Dec 16, 2003 11:47 am

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Not a Red Knot - its a Ruddy Turnstone in winter plumage. A nice shot.

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by Mike Wilson on Tue Dec 16, 2003 1:08 pm

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Great shot. The bg is very interesting and the bird is sharp as heck.

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by Bill Lockhart on Tue Dec 16, 2003 4:55 pm

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The breast of the bird looks like it may be overexposed. That said, the composition is excellent and the clarity is superb. Love the perspective, you must have been crawling in the mud! Congrats!