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Spotted Redshank


Spotted Redshank
Photo Information
Copyright: Razvan Zinica (zetu) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 645 W: 15 N: 1580] (6173)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-08-18
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon 40d, Canon EF 100-400 mm F4.5-5.6L IS USM
Exposure: f/8, 1/1000 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-08-20 10:46
Viewed: 369
Points: 36
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus is a wader in the large bird family Scolopacidae, the typical waders. It is an Arctic bird, breeding across northern Scandinavia and northern Asia. It is a migratory species, wintering around the Mediterranean, the southern British Isles, France, tropical Africa, and tropical Asia, usually on fresh or brackish water. It is an occasional vagrant in Australia and North America.
It is 29-33 cm long. It is black in breeding plumage, and very pale in winter. It has a red legs and bill, and shows a white oval on the back in flight. Juveniles are grey-brown finely speckled white above, and have pale, finely barred underparts. It nests on open boggy taiga, laying four eggs in a ground scrape. The call is a creaking whistle teu-it (somewhat similar to the call of a Roseate Tern), the alarm call a kyip-kyip-kyip. Like most waders, it feeds on small invertebrates.
The Spotted Redshank is replaced as a breeding bird further south by the Common Redshank, which has a shorter bill and legs, and is brown and white above with some dark patterning below, becoming somewhat lighter-toned in winter.
Taxonomically, it forms a close-knit group with the Greater Yellowlegs and the Greenshank, which among them show all the basic leg and foot colours of the shanks, demonstrating that this character is paraphyletic (Pereira & Baker, 2005). These three species are the largest shanks apart from the Willet, which is altogether more robustly built.
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Buna Razvan,
Superba imagine, culori naturale, bine incadrata si de o acuratete deosebita.
Felicitari pentru captura!
Marius.

Hello Razvan,

Great capture of this beautiful bird.
Nice colours with fantastic details.
Lighting and composition are excellent.

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  • joska Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 406 W: 0 N: 1011] (5434)
  • [2009-08-20 11:10]

O pasare in napirlire, o imagne foarte frumoasa despre acest fluierar, felicitari!

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2386 W: 94 N: 5517] (17564)
  • [2009-08-20 11:12]

Hello Razvan,
Excellent photo of this Spotted Redshank. Very good sharpness and details. Beautiful natural colours. Great low POV, composition and DOF. Beauty!
Regards,
Peter

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2908 W: 34 N: 8623] (32138)
  • [2009-08-20 11:25]

Hi Razvan. I like your low POV looking at the side of this Spotted Redshank . You have used the light to your advantage which has shown the feathers at their best. With fine detail and colour. Well done TFs.
Nick..

Razvan,
De fiecare dat acand admir( si nu fac afirmatii gratuite) capturile tale, ma gandesc ca urmatoarea investitie ar fi un asemenea obiectiv ca al tau....dar nu cred ca ar ajunge si fara pasiunea pe care o ai tu fata de pasari mai ales...oare aia cat o fi costand?( aici ar fi trebuit sa fie emoticonul ala care scate limba....)
Felicitari!
Horia

Excelent Razvan,imi place mult cum lucrezi. Felicitari.

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  • cirano Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 654 W: 0 N: 228] (4916)
  • [2009-08-20 12:36]

Slav Razvan,
Great capture of this lovely bird in nice pose.Sharpness,detils and colors are very good.Thanks for sharing.
Regards,

Dűrzan

hello Razvan!
I like the light in this picture, not blinding, but that highlights the details of plumage and excellent focus of the head and the beak of the Spotted Redshank...
good work!!

best regards sERGIO

hello Razvan

excellent photo of the Spotted Redshank, with fine low POV,
also fine DOF and framing, fine focus excellent sharpness
and details, and a beautiful luminosity, TFS

Asbed

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3813 W: 190 N: 11346] (34981)
  • [2009-08-20 12:49]

Hello Razvan,
A fine capture of a Spotted Redshank that is losing its breeding plumage. The POV, sharpness, lighting and composition all contribute to a first class portrait of this wader.
Thanks and best regards,
Ivan

hello Razvan
this is a great picture with very good details
great sharpness you can see everything of the bird
beautiful shot
greeting lou

Hi Razvan,

Without cheer up of I to seem flatterer... this picture seems of Nat Geo!

Excellent light balance in all the set. Details are top-quality, the birds' pose is perfect. Good depth and compound good!

Congratulations!

TFS!

Jesús

Excelente luz y muy bien controlada Razvan, una verdadera obra de arte. Gran nitidez y preciso enfoque: enhorabuena !

Saludos: Josep Ignasi.

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  • SelenE Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2405 W: 63 N: 4227] (13822)
  • [2009-08-20 15:24]

Hi Razvan,
POV, composition, pose and lighting look so nice. TFS
Greetings,
Selen

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  • lousat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1978 W: 6 N: 5527] (19673)
  • [2009-08-20 16:26]

Hi Razavn,how is beautiful this bird,the design of the plums is very very nice and i can see very perfectly thanks at your wonderful sharpness.Very nice composition too,my best compliments,have a nice day,LUCIANO

sincer, Razvan, cred ca ar fi bine o optiune de a puncta pozele tale (cu toate ca nu cred in punctajele de pe treknature, si stii de ce? daca postez o poza cu un brotacel sigur o sa fie punctat, dar daca postez o alta specie nu prea populara, vor fi mai putine critici... sau chiar deloc :))), deci de a puncta pozele tale chiar si fara a fi vizionate de mine, asa ca din oficiu ca-s extraordinare...

Cioa Razvan. Stunning details and very good DOF. The light exalts the amazing pose.

Roberto

Hello Razvan,
Nice portrait of this wader. Very beautiful bird.
Good focus and depth of field applied. No distracting elements in background as well as foreground.
TFS
Annick

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