tinyfishy wrote:
Great series of this very cool species...A crowd will go to see this if one shows up in North America. Rally like the Green BG which makes the bird pops....And I don't mind the barbed wire, which goes along with the fence post....naturally.
Thank you Alfred.
Glad you like them. I had some luck capturing one Redshank today on a post without barbed wire.
Chris
OwlsEyes wrote:
I really like the first image in your series. The bird is so nicely isolated and the vertical posture of its preening behavior makes for a great composition.
regards,
bruce
Thank you Bruce. Your comment is much appreciated.
Chris
KirkB wrote:
He is where he is, and you did a marvelous job with this sequence Chris.
I like the compositions, the grassy BG is so pretty, and you captured some cool poses.
Excellent choice for your new avatar.
Kirk
Thanks Kirk!
Very kind of you to say and I'm glad you like my new avatar.
Chris
Imagemaster wrote:
Nice shots, Chris. If these are cropped, it looks like you could have made horizontals out of some of them.
Tony
Thank you Tony. These are slightly cropped from vertical images.
I do have a series of horizontal images but not with poses like the first and last two in the set.
Chris
Ah...just seeing these now Chris. (Unlike most of my FM friends, I only spend 23 hours per day here).
I was not familiar with this aptly named species until seeing your post; what a beautiful species and what a wonderful set of poses.
I might be inclined to try horizontal crops on all of them; leaving the fencepost and the dandelion, but not the barbed wire; I think a sole flower on a green background would complement the bird very nicely.
I know the feeling, Greg. I try to stay 25 hours here every day but never make it.
Thank you for the comment. I'm glad you like them. I don't think I wanna go horizontal here.
The first and last two scream vertical to me. And I shot another Redshank last weekend in a field with much more dandelions.
Will post them very soon.
Chris