Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Tranquility at sunset, Dowitcher at Radio Road Ponds

High key image of a dowitcher at sunset

As the sun dropped low in the sky, it slipped behind a nearby building and cast a shadow over this preening dowitcher. In order to the expose for the bird, I had to push the exposure compensation up to +5/3, which left only a bit of the reflected sunset color in the ripples of the water. This high-key exposure worked well to help capture the tranquility of the moment that I shared with this bird along the shoreline.

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12 comments:

  1. That's a beautiful photo. Dowitchers are very rare vagrants down here in Australia but the preening looks very similar to what the Godwits do.

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  2. Beautiful shot!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

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  3. Marvelous shot, Pat! Your camera setting brought out all the fine feather detail of the bird.

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  4. Love this, really beautiful...postcard...greeting card kind of perfect!

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  5. Thats such a great picture - I can see I will have to try harder for some low angle shots.

    Thanks for linking to WBW.

    Stewart M - Australia

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  6. Gorgeous tones in this outstanding photo Pat. With the bird preening an added bonus!

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  7. Spot-on exposure in a difficult situation. Very nice Pat.

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