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15-MAR-2009 Collin Baxter

Gifts of Nature -Feathers- (CB)
by Collin Baxter

Olympus E-520
1/2500s f/8.0 at 500.0mm iso400 full exif

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BJ Tate 16-Mar-2009 21:50
What a remarkable bird! This is a great shot - so sharp and detailed even to the gleam in the eye.

Brenda
Collin Baxter16-Mar-2009 20:14
Thanks for the comments. As the theme is gifts I often feel very grateful the get the opportunity to get some shoots like this. These are very graceful birds and are difficult to get close to. Strangely they don’t fly away but walk keeping a good distance between you. Last year I managed to capture a mating dance and it was one of the most marvellous things I have seen. Yes I did use the Bigma and when I saw this bird in such good light I just kept on firing and should have checked the ISO which was at 400 I could have gone as low I should have used 200.
Christa (cnb) 16-Mar-2009 14:16
I agree with Shirley: this bird looks very elegant, especially with its tail feathers casually blowing in the breeze... Nice composition and bokeh, and the bigma (I assume) looks nice and sharp:-)
Shirley Haden16-Mar-2009 07:04
This bird reminds me of a very classy, elegant lady. I'm waiting for her Rolls Royce to pull up and take her to the opera. Beautiful shot Collin, very nicely composed too.
Miroslav Kral 15-Mar-2009 19:04
Well, Collin, I already commented (positive) your picture in the birding thread.