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Working-out the Twitch


Working-out the Twitch
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Copyright: Callie de Wet (Callie) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1132 W: 105 N: 2609] (7531)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2003-12
Categories: Birds
Exposure: f/8
Details: (Fill) Flash: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2004-11-28 6:12
Viewed: 1312
Points: 25
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This is a fun shot, more than a quality shot, to show you some behavioural antics of our feathered friends. I always envy birds for their ability to “crack” their wings behind their backs in this stretch manoeuvre. I can just imagine how my disks would slip if I try this one. The light was no good, the birds did not co-operate and they were also too faraway to really make a winning shot, but he presented the action, and who can resist the urge to snap off a shot?

This is a stork. We call them Nimmersat in Afrikaans, a word indicating somebody that never gets enough, in other words, they are never satiated. This comes form their way of feeding in the shallows along the edges of rivers, dams and vleis. [A vlei is also an Afrikaans word that found its way into SA English, meaning the same as wetland, but more like in a marshy area]. They wade and continuously dip their bills into the water, probing for unnameable delectables in the mud. They are often followed by the African Spoonbill, replicating the same movement, but using its spatula-shaped bill to find other organisms.

Storks belong to the Ciconiidae Family and there are 19 species worldwide, of which 8 off are found in Africa & SA. These are normally very large birds with long legs & wings & short tails. They are mostly B&W and they forage in open habitats. This is the Yellow-billed Stork, Mycteria ibis , 95 to 105 cm. During the breeding season, the naked facial skin is a bright red and the wing coverts and black is tinged a beautiful pink, one sight I am still aiming to nail sometime, maybe.

SHOOTING DETAILS
Venue – Kruger National – Sunset Pools near Lower Sabie Rest Camp
Date December 2003
Time - ate afternoon, with the sun in the lens
Camera - Nikon F100
Sigma 120-300 F2.8 APO USM & 2X converter
Filter – None
Focal length - 600 mm
Fuji Provia 100 Slide fime, scanned on flatbed
Exposure mode - Aperture Priority - @ F8, I think
Flash – Off camera SB 28
Support – Wimberley Head on Camsteady window support
Some cropping below the feet; levels; hue/ saturation; Some USM, , reduced to Site size.
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You can tell it is either very late or early in the day but the slight pink tinge to the feathers. a very nice view of these 2 birds sorting out the equipment.very well shot as usual callie I know its not pin sharp but it is a superb view of storks doing stork things

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  • RAP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2524 W: 345 N: 2373] (7405)
  • [2004-11-28 6:20]
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Otra excelente presentacion Callie... con muy buen manejo de los tonos blancos, a pesar de un fondo complicado.
Buena agudeza en el ave delantera... el foco se pierde sobre la otra ave... por que utilizaste un F8 en este caso?
Encuadre un poco escaso en el lado derecho e interesante nota.

Another excellent presentation Callie... with very good handling of the white tones, in spite of a complicated bottom.
Good sharpness in the front bird... the focus is lost on the other bird... so that do you used a F8 in this case?
A little frame in the right side and interesting note.

You did well in capturing this pose with other looking. The one on the right is tight to the right. I'm not sure of their true color, maybe a little post processing could fix that.
Well done.

Mike

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2705 W: 74 N: 8864] (30243)
  • [2004-11-28 9:32]

Very funny picture, the right one looks little open-mouthed :-) Very well spotted and good captured.

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  • willie Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1023 W: 61 N: 648] (2083)
  • [2004-11-28 12:12]

Not your usual crisp tack sharp shot Callie, but the pose alone gives you 5 points. Well done

Very good Callie.
Funny pose, good details on the front bird.
The DOF is ok for a 600mm at F8.
Good note.
Well done.

More than just a fun shot, Callie. I like this pose. A rare catch you made. Well done.

Nice shot! As you say it's for the pose more than anything, and an excellent pose it is too. Good note too as always :) Not convinced about the colour balance though, it looks very heavily blue to me - but then that's usually the result of scanning Fuji slide films. A good capture in tricky conditions :-)

P.S. I've posted you another Workshop, which I hope you'll like!

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  • Luc Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1873 W: 304 N: 4300] (14729)
  • [2004-11-28 23:54]

Funny pose and serious note, Callie.
Thanks for posting.

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  • PDP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 2821 W: 344 N: 3779] (11769)
  • [2004-11-29 8:21]

What an amazing pose! Very interesting, I like the one behind looking on..."George, stop showing off your moves"


Nice work Callie. Points tomorrow.

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  • IdoTT Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 210 W: 19 N: 86] (482)
  • [2004-11-29 14:37]

Excellent photo!

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  • japie Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1814 W: 100 N: 1904] (5187)
  • [2004-11-29 22:55]

Hup, twee, drie, vier en KLAAR! Excellent moment that you captured very well. Very well done,

Thanks for posting

I think it is very interstig shot of life witht he storks! I love when birds contort to stretch and preen.....

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