Long Billed Curlew

[ian408]

I journeyed out to Palo Alto today to the Baylands. The area includes a
duck pond that was once a seawater swimming pool along with the Lucy
Evans Wildlife Center.

This is a Long Billed Curlew.

http://ian408.smugmug.com/photos/12936190-M.jpg

[Head in the Clouds]

Hmmmm. I'm glad I'm not a long billed curlew! That mud looks tasty!
Great shot. The shimmer on the mud makes it look gross .... in a good way! you can almost feel it....... ewe. :D :clap

[GREAPER]

Awesome shot.

marketable even

[ian408]

Awesome shot.

marketable even
Thanks Greaper!

Ian

[ian408]

Hmmmm. I'm glad I'm not a long billed curlew! That mud looks tasty!
Great shot. The shimmer on the mud makes it look gross .... in a good way! you can almost feel it....... ewe. :D :clap
Thanks Kate! I have a shot with him down in the mud. But it's not as good
visually. The tide was out making it prime shooting for these little guys.

Ian

[Nir]

Fantastic Ian!

[Harryb]

Very nice piece of work. Those little birds are a lot tougher to shoot than the larger birds.

Harry

[ian408]

Very nice piece of work. Those little birds are a lot tougher to shoot than the larger birds.

Harry
Thanks Harry! I took your earlier advice and added the 1.4x tc and heavy cropping.

Ian

[ehughes]

I like it :thumb Nice dof... good job!

[Steve Cavigliano]

Color, contrast, sharpness, composition, exposure, it's all good :thumb Plus, as Harry wrote, it's much harder to nail these smaller guys than the large birds. Good work :clap


I am really starting to enjoy that place. The more I explore the more I find to shoot. Unfortunately, I usually shoot it late in the afternoon, so I can only shoot towards the East. Still there are so many kewl birds there, I always come home satisfied :wink I just wish I could get closer to some of the raptors :dunno



Thanks for sharing this one,
Steve

[gus]

Everything looks good in that ian :thumb