Little Stint

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• RAP (7405)
• [2006-12-16 14:58]

Hahaha!!!... primorosa imagen amigo mío con excelente encuadre vertical y perfecto recorte.
Me encanta la agudeza, el colorido y la reflexión que captaste aquí con una estética impecable.
El fondo de la escena... ideal, así como el control de la luz.
Cheers!.
Ricardo

Hahaha!!!... exquisite image my friend with excellent framing vertical and perfect cropping.
I love the sharpness, the coloring and the reflection that you captured here with an impeccable aesthetics.
The bottom of the scene... ideal, as well as the control of the light.
Cheers!.
Ricardo

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• claudine (9473)
• [2006-12-16 15:05]

Hello Paul,
What a cute shot! You had great timing to catch him with its little leg up. I really like those details, POV, colors and composition. This is very well done and amusing. My best wishes and thanks,
Claudine

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• jchemas (3386)
• [2006-12-16 15:35]

Hello Paul
Graet shot, great refection and excellent colors and details.

Wishing a Happy Holiday Season and a Bright and Healthy New Year for You and your family.

Thank You for everything on this one

Regards

JC

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• manyee (19540)
• [2006-12-16 15:42]
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• jmp (8394)
• [2006-12-16 15:44]

Hi Paul,
Really a cute bird. Composition, colors and pose are wonderful!
TFS, José M.

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• blakitan (5401)
• [2006-12-16 16:18]

Hi Paul,
Lovely fluffy little bird. Very nice colors. Great sharpness and very neat image. Very nicely composed picture.
Excellent shot.

Ben Lakitan

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• Fisher (8915)
• [2006-12-16 17:24]
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Hey Paul,

Nicely done, excellent shot, nice tones, interesting comp, excellent details.
Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Mike

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• JoseMiguel (4881)
• [2006-12-16 18:00]

Hello Paul,
It's so amusing this scene! It seems like the bird is marching or something like this.
I like a lot this ambiguous effect of the ground, or water, with reflections but at the same time with color of sand. Well done!
The foto is so well exposed and focused.
It deserves all the time spent laying to cath this, the POV is so low and so good at the same time.
The vertical composition works pretty well, and the frame is so plain and clean as the scene ask for. I like a lot!.
Congratulations and thanks for share,
JM

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• falke (1580)
• [2006-12-16 18:10]

I adore this photograph and I admire the talent of the photographer behind it. It expresses so well what this site is all about! The precense of the bird the perfect crop and the beautiful background makes this a nearly perfect photo for me....

If English were my native language I could perhaps express this in another and better way! Fantastic!

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• Pentaxfriend (5227)
• [2006-12-16 18:38]

Hi Paul,

Lovely shotSuperb compo, sharpness, details, POF and DOF
very nice colours and reflection

TFS Thijs

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• pankajbajpai (12868)
• [2006-12-16 20:18]

hi paul,
excellent shot,
well composed with nice pov,
good dof, focus and sharpness excellent,
the water looks beautiful,
tfs & regards
pankaj

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• coasties (27488)
• [2006-12-17 0:51]

Hello Paul

A lovely shot. Nice colour tones, good low POV showing the reflection. A pleasing shot. Thank you MF. The count down to Christmas has started and I would like to wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas.

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• fiyo (8022)
• [2006-12-17 3:35]

Hello Paul,
What a wonderful picture of a very lovely bird with a fantastic light!!! TFS
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year :)

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• horia (11790)
• [2006-12-17 4:26]

Hi Paul

What a wonderful and cute capture!
This little bird (with a very interesting and funny name ;) ) seems to be very carefull where its steping :)
I really like the low POV here and the lovely perspective it gave you. It's impressive that you managed to get a very decent reflection despite the little rocks in the water. I also like the interesting "shape" of the water behind the little bird - there appears to be small torrent that you caught very well, too.
The vertical composition works like a charm, the exposure is impecable and the DOF is perfect.
What can i say...brilliant work, my friend! One can really learn a lot from your photos.

Bravo and TFS
Horia

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• pvb (1791)
• [2006-12-17 8:19]

Hi Paul,
This is a very well composed shot, good sharpness and lovely warm colours. I also like the reflection in the water.
tfs paula

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• uleko (21146)
• [2006-12-17 8:46]

Hello Paul,
Brilliant shot of this Little Stint, razor sharp against the fabulous colour on the water in the background. Beautiful reflections in the water of bird and stones!
TFS, Ulla

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• wkshelton (5492)
• [2006-12-17 8:54]
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• Argus (20877)
• [2006-12-17 9:37]

Hi Paul,
I have tried for some years now to get as good a shot as this of this little wader and I'm still hoping to succeed.
This has all the right attributes, plus great pose and reflection in the wet sand.
You may not care about points but some of us like to confirm our appreciation!
TFS,
Ivan

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• vanderschelden (24753)
• [2006-12-17 9:38]

Hi Paul,
Very good shot indeed...
Do like it..
No critiques..
Congrats...
TFS
Annick

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• XOTAELE (8)
• [2006-12-17 9:55]

Perfectos reflejos en esta imagen tan entrañable. Buenos colores y estupendo encuadre así como la presentación.
Un saludo, JL.
;-)

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• SunToucher (8291)
• [2006-12-17 12:04]
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Hi Paul,
I see my question on how you do it is already answered. Not something I would prever, so al respect of your patience. Even more respect for the awesome result. You got a stunning pose, a perfect DOF and excellent details. A nice tidy BG with an overall pleasant color tone. Looks like the bird moved his leg just a tad too fast for your shutter speed.
TFS,
Niek

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• hester (10762)
• [2006-12-17 13:03]

Hi Paul

I love the pose - it looks like it is stepping delicately across the wet ground. Excellent timing with the leg extended like that. I love the brown tones here and the great POV. Excellent light and I love the vertical composition

I saw your forum post on the Seals workshop. It looks great. I can't wait to see your photos from that trip

TFS

Karan

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• shirgold (2606)
• [2006-12-17 16:02]

Hi Paul,
Fantastic shot - very nice and sharp image.
You got it in an excellent pose with the leg up in the air.
I find the choice of vertical crop to be unusual and interesting.
TFS - Shir

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• bullybeef53 (614)
• [2006-12-17 18:17]

Wow what a sharp photograph. The sigma and your skill work well together.
Jim

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• mario-roberto (2623)
• [2006-12-18 4:05]

excellent shot.
POV, BG, EXPO and compo.

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• dew77 (13069)
• [2006-12-22 10:00]

Hello paul,
Lovely capture.I liked POV,moment you caught,simple BG,DOF you managed and composition a lot.
TFS...:-)

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• Ken52 (4017)
• [2006-12-23 6:44]

Exceptional exposure and focus. Nice colors and composition.

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• reina (1968)
• [2006-12-24 15:41]

Hi Paul, excellent timing, nice colours and details. Well done.
Merry christmas!.
reina

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• clint (1331)
• [2006-12-25 8:14]

what a capture and superbly timed, love that pose and the reflection caught in the water.
the forground and background colour complements the colour in the plumage beautifuly, the detail and the catchlight is sublime,

clint

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• lemoineth (2284)
• [2006-12-25 15:24]

bel oiseau,les couleurs sont légères,bien différentiées. Thomas

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• thistle (9140)
• [2006-12-26 7:34]

Hello Paul,
Lovely shot! Don't really know why, but seems to be very much in your style. I like the portrait framing very much, clear BG and warm colours also work great.
It seems you didn't have much light to play with but despite that picture have great quality. A little blurred leg gives impression of motion. I really like that as well as the reflection in FG.
Lovely work!

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• SkyF (8113)
• [2006-12-26 10:24]

Hello Paul,
Wonderful pose and excellent POV on this composition. Details are sharp from beak to toe.
Very nice composition with this lovely warm colors and nice reflections.
TFS..Sky

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• scottevers7 (12253)
• [2007-01-06 9:38]

Hi Paul,
Not sure how I missed this one. I guess it was that crazy Christmas season. This is outstanding. Beautiful light and perfect exposure. The colors and detail in this are amazing. The overall composition in the vertical format looks great.
Beautiful shot!
Scott

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• jossim (11730)
• [2007-01-08 15:32]

Excellente lumière et belle action de l'oiseau.
Merci Paul!
Joseph

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• AnimalExplorer (8270)
• [2007-01-14 12:21]

Very cute capture of this wader, the exposure is just right and the soft subtle reflections really adds to the image making whole and complete. Very nice Paul. :)

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• alejandroguzman (452)
• [2007-02-13 2:22]

HEllo Paul:

Lovely composition.
I liked the way you got this little walking... a funny boy !

+ DOF
+ Lighting
+ Composition
+ Saturation

TFS
Hugs
Edgar.

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• parvulescubio (1525)
• [2007-03-02 18:05]

just superb
I try a photos information about the BIGMA (80-500) and I find this picture very representative, so I hope.
Wherever, you manage it absolutely perfect.
I have a question for you, please answer me with e-mail notification: the HSM did work even with a teleconverter?

thanks,
Lucian.

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• ewiczek (803)
• [2007-03-18 9:10]

excelent capture and sharpnes, and color

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• deud (2059)
• [2007-03-19 9:08]

great moment! very good dof. great visual impact. tfs

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• lovenature (4006)
• [2007-04-08 16:30]

Hi Paul
You have such a great eye. I love the way your images come together. I must say the Little Stint is a cute little wading bird. Nicely captured in every way.
TFS Janice

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• doubleg57 (333)
• [2007-05-06 12:37]

Hi Paul,
Nice little fellow you're showin' here.
Great job
Guy

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• takos1 (2569)
• [2007-06-20 9:24]

Deliziosa foto, complimenti!!

Ciao e grazie.

Franco