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I spent a few hours last weekend taking engagement photos of my son and his fiance. I would say they came out ok, I pictured them a leopards as i am not a very good people photographer.
As we we leaving I noticed a long billed bird by the edge of the water and quickly changed cameras so I could go from full frame and a 24-70 to 7D2 and 100-400....No one was really in the mood for me to spend much time as brunch was calling and so I just managed a few representative images. I figured it was a shore bird I had photographed sometime somewhere in the past but this had a much longer bill than any I could remember having shot. So after first thinking I had a whimbrel, much to my surprise, it was a long-billed curlew! Now these maybe very common to y'all but not to me.
These are not great, I did not spend the time to get low down or even much closer than the road but always happy to get a first. CC not necessary, there's too much wrong and your key boards will explode
Eric

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Feb 28, 2015 at 04:06 PM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · After the photoshoot...a first, maybe


Nice catch! I really like that last one!


Feb 28, 2015 at 04:13 PM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · After the photoshoot...a first, maybe


I'd be very happy with the last one Eric. Your skills are obviously so well developed that you are overly critical of lovely images.

Alan

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Feb 28, 2015 at 04:15 PM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · After the photoshoot...a first, maybe


I would be a happy camper with these.


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Feb 28, 2015 at 04:24 PM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · After the photoshoot...a first, maybe


eyelaser wrote:
I spent a few hours last weekend taking engagement photos of my son and his fiance. I would say they came out ok, I pictured them a leopards as i am not a very good people photographer.
As we we leaving I noticed a long billed bird by the edge of the water and quickly changed cameras so I could go from full frame and a 24-70 to 7D2 and 100-400....No one was really in the mood for me to spend much time as brunch was calling and so I just managed a few representative images. I figured it was a
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So I guess the results of your people shots were... (wait for it)....spotty ~ Ron



Feb 28, 2015 at 07:01 PM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · After the photoshoot...a first, maybe


surfnron wrote:

So I guess the results of your people shots were... (wait for it)....spotty ~ Ron





Feb 28, 2015 at 07:05 PM
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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · After the photoshoot...a first, maybe


They are one of the coolest shorebirds (although they can also be found on the prairies as they migrate through to the Arctic regions). Super find Eric.


Feb 28, 2015 at 08:24 PM
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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · After the photoshoot...a first, maybe


Great find and greater photos Eric.

Rod



Feb 28, 2015 at 08:28 PM
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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · After the photoshoot...a first, maybe


The first two are my picks as the background of the last is dark and dose nothing for the subject or image Eric.

Morris




Feb 28, 2015 at 09:07 PM
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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · After the photoshoot...a first, maybe


These are really nice Eric. I see what attracted you to the bird- the spots. Congrats on your son's engagement.
Harsha



Feb 28, 2015 at 11:31 PM
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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · After the photoshoot...a first, maybe


I like the first shot Eric, congratulations on your son engagement.

Marcelo



Mar 01, 2015 at 12:01 AM
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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · After the photoshoot...a first, maybe


Thanks everyone...its fun to find a new one when you least expect it.
Eric



Mar 01, 2015 at 08:53 PM
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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · After the photoshoot...a first, maybe


Congratulations on your first ! I do like the second one the best.

Also congratulations to your son on the engagement.

Birdie



Mar 01, 2015 at 09:01 PM
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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · After the photoshoot...a first, maybe


Congrats on the curlew Eric, but he looks like a real beach bum. #2 for that lovely head angle and clear BGD around the main attraction: his bill.


Mar 01, 2015 at 09:06 PM
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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · After the photoshoot...a first, maybe


I would have gone with Whimbrel,but what do I know. However, I know a super shot when I see it and that last one is a real beauty. I like the background a lot, that's a real environment you've caught him in. Very well done Eric.


Mar 02, 2015 at 11:52 PM
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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · After the photoshoot...a first, maybe


Eric congratulations on your first

-Tim



Mar 03, 2015 at 12:44 AM
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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · After the photoshoot...a first, maybe


I think I would have skipped brunch and stayed with this incredible bird. Even at the risk of being disowned by the family. As long as you picked up the tab!!!
These are actually more than acceptable shots!
Don



Mar 03, 2015 at 03:39 PM
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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · After the photoshoot...a first, maybe


Thanks again, and yes Don, brunch was on me but that's one of the pleasures of parenthood even with adult children.
And Louie, at first I thought whimbrel too but on closer inspection, longer bill the tip that it was a long billed curlew was just that...the tip of the bill.
Eric



Mar 05, 2015 at 04:36 AM





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