Posted by Adiemus (Christchurch, New Zealand) on 19 February 2007 in Animal & Insect.
Not blue but grey. Not Norwegian, but New Zealand. In tribute to Monty Python...
Hi guys! This year I'll be putting up fewer shots, but hopefully improving the quality at the same time. Sort of a 'best of' if you like. This community is terrific in so many ways - I love it even if I don't often comment. The people on here make it a great place to be. I'm also writing a health-related blog - if you're interested, hop on over to http://healthskills.wordpress.com/ and make yourself known!
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Nice image. Did you crop this.
19 Feb 2007 12:21am
@CT Photography: Yes, there was quite a lot of 'waste' water above it, and I trimmed the side (left). Wish I'd got closer so I could have missed the rock just in front of the bird!
quelle grâce dans le plumage!
19 Feb 2007 1:47am
Sharp crisp detail! Good work!
19 Feb 2007 3:26am
Fine details in this macro. I like its colours!
19 Feb 2007 3:38am
Very lovely colors... and the details are great...
19 Feb 2007 4:30am
Pretty sharp image. Very nice.
19 Feb 2007 4:55am
Oh, you are getting right on top of this genre. This one is excellent!
19 Feb 2007 5:21am
Super capture! Gorgeous animal!
19 Feb 2007 5:35am
Beautiful capture,I love sharp nature images!
19 Feb 2007 6:06am
Great Photo! I love the fact the subject althought it is almost the same color as the background, is detatch from it because of the DOF. Great control!
19 Feb 2007 8:11am
Beautiful detailed shot! Lovely bird. That's what I think - but a lot of people around here would cheerfully shoot them - the herons go around stealing the goldfish etc. out of peoples' ornamental ponds!
19 Feb 2007 8:18am
@Anne: I never knew that! They spend a lot of time catching herrings or other wee fish in the shallows, and in Kaikoura there are not too many ponds! it's quite a tiny village really.
Lovely shot there mate. Love the colour of this bird and the DoF is great
19 Feb 2007 8:42am
It's really a wildlife extravaganza down there, isn't it!? Love the dof on this one.
19 Feb 2007 9:07am
great capture - this is a pretty bird. I like the feather pattern on its back.
19 Feb 2007 10:30am
@Jason Kravitz: That's what I fell in love with - and I'm rapt I managed to get it so clear!
Oh my God, that is beautiful!
19 Feb 2007 11:16am
The white balance is so perfect.
19 Feb 2007 11:31am
Beautiful job - the detail is amazing, as the pattern of the feathers is very clear.
19 Feb 2007 11:43am
Sharp beautiful detail!
19 Feb 2007 11:52am
what a beautiful bird... and of course, a lovely photo...
19 Feb 2007 12:26pm
A very great shot! The details are so goods. Bravo!
19 Feb 2007 12:49pm
very beautiful
19 Feb 2007 2:13pm
Beautiful shot of the bird and shallow depth of field.
19 Feb 2007 2:22pm
@adalove: Thank you!
Nice shot. I like the way it looks like he combed his feathers.
19 Feb 2007 4:09pm
Stunning shot. The clarity is beautiful.
19 Feb 2007 5:28pm
What hasn't been said? Great shot of beautiful subject.
19 Feb 2007 5:40pm
Beautiful shot. Might have been a possibility to bump the exposure down to 1/400 allowing you to get your F-stop up to 6.3 or 7.1, and thus get the bird's head and eye in better focus. Still a fabulous image ... I like it.
19 Feb 2007 5:58pm
@Aaron Schmidt: Cool idea, so far I have never touched those controls on the camera!! You can tell I'm still a newbie on DSLR. Must get the manual out...
Stunning! Absolutely stunning.
19 Feb 2007 8:13pm
@jennifer radio: Thank you so much.
DOF is great. How close were you to this bird?
19 Feb 2007 10:14pm
@Michael Zhang: I think from memory I was about 200m or maybe slightly more away from it... On another shot I was a lot closer, perhaps 80m or so, but I can't remember which one this was.
wow! this is really so beautiful!
19 Feb 2007 11:44pm
@M.E.: Thank you!
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