Ive been birdin' (And some rare catches)

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Messiah Khan

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I went over to Silverdale RSPB reserve this Saturday. I got quite a few good shots, and it was overall a very nice day.

1. A Small Egret
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2. Three Spoonbills
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3. Spoonbills flying
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4. A Great Egret
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5. Great Egret
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6. And least not last, a very heavily cropped 600mm shot of a Bittern.
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Nice set MK, I like #5 best, his stance is great. :)
 
Nicely done MK ... (y) ... we'll make a Twitcher of you yet ... :D ... second shot of the Great Egret is a really good capture ... ;)


BTB ... the small Egret is, technically, a Little Egret ... :LOL:




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Lovely images there Messiah, great opportunity for a catch of that Bittern though... one to add to the collection.
 
#5 is still my favourite - love the stance. They're all beautiful birds...but WOWEE the Bittern turned out well :clap: It was sooooooo far away you could only just see it with the naked eye and even then it only looked like a light patch in the reeds! :woot:
 
A departure from your usual macro shots. Not a bad set tho.

A few look to have a white ballance problem. They are a tad yellow.
I think a couple of them would benifit from a tad more PP un the USM area.
 
Venomator said:

BTB ... the small Egret is, technically, a Little Egret ... :LOL:
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You say potato, I say potato (Hmm, that doesn't work when typed does it.:thinking:) :p

oldgit said:
A departure from your usual macro shots. Not a bad set tho.

A few look to have a white ballance problem. They are a tad yellow.
I think a couple of them would benifit from a tad more PP un the USM area.
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Its not a white balance problem, It was the evening light giving a golden glow. I tried adjusting the white balance to neutralise the colour cast, but I much preferred it with the colour of the light that was actually there.

All of them have been sharpened using high pass. The reason they might look a little soft is due to them being shot at 600mm using manual focus and most are cropped a fair bit. I was also having to use my jumper as a beanbag on the hide window which wasn't ideal.
 
Nice shots MK, love the Spoonbill take off and to get a look at the Bittern is an achievement let alone a photo. :clap:
 
madmitch said:
Nice shots MK, love the Spoonbill take off and to get a look at the Bittern is an achievement let alone a photo. :clap:
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Cheers Mitch. Have to say I felt quite lucky to see all these rarities on the same day.:) The twitchers were going crazy over the Bittern though.:LOL:
 
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