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Common snipe 2


Common snipe 2
Photo Information
Copyright: Helene Provencher (chouette) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 302 W: 0 N: 843] (3000)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-06-19
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel
Details: Tripod: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2005-06-24 21:48
Viewed: 1380
Points: 24
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Common Snipe
Family: Scolopacidae: Sandpipers
Scientific Name: Gallinago gallinago

A shy, secretive bird, the common snipe has rather pointed wings, a long bill and striped and barred plumage, which provides effective camouflage among vegetation. Insects, particularly fly and beetle larvae, are the snipe's most important food items, but it also eats earthworms, small crustaceans, snails and small quantities of plant material.  Males arrive at breeding grounds before females and establish territories for display. In the most common display, the male dives through the air at great speed, causing a drumming sound as air rushes through his outer tail feathers. The nest is made on dry ground when possible and near clumps of grass, which the birds pull down over it. The 3 or 4 eggs are incubated for 17 to 19 days, usually by the female alone.

Size: 25.5 cm (10 in)

Habitat: marshes, wet meadows, moors

Diet: Principally larvae, also insects, crustaceans

Range: Breeds in Canada, Northern USA, Europe to Northeast Asia; winters in Central and South America, Africa, India, Indonesia


Canon EOS Digital Rebel
Lens: Canon EF 75-300mm 1:4-5.6

Speed: 1/400 f/11
ISO 200
Focal Length: 230mm
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Very nice picture, Helene.
I like the composition and POV. Nice colours and good details.
Well done.

Hi Helene. This is beautifully composed with excellent exposure and DOF. A very artistic shot, I like it. TFS :)

Hello Helene

You have captured this guy really well. I like his pose! The entire composition is spot on. The OOF BG is great. Well done.

Great photo, superior colors, clarity and POV.
Thank you for sharing

Excellent composition. Good sharpness and light.

Always standing on pegs, fantastic portrait, Helene !

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  • TAZ Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2241 W: 47 N: 3167] (10926)
  • [2005-06-26 3:47]

Belle composition pour ce suberbe oiseau au long bec ! Jolies couleurs, bonne netteté et pose sympa sur le tronc. Compliments Helene.

Hello Helene! This is composed very well with very good color, details and light. Perfect POV and OOF BG..Thanks for posting this great bird!

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  • optic Gold Star Critiquer [C: 322 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2005-06-27 7:21]

Bon matin Hélène, quelle jolie bécassine la pose de l'oiseau est magnifique, les couleurs et les détails sont splendides.

Très belle réalisation!

Christian

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  • edji Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 83 W: 8 N: 22] (426)
  • [2005-06-29 20:41]

Très jolie photo. cadrage et profondeur de champs parfaite.

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  • PDP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 2821 W: 344 N: 3779] (11769)
  • [2005-07-01 5:18]

Very nice shot Helene, the composition is wonderful. Very good colours and details. A simple but beautiful picture of this snipe. TFS.

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  • deud Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 440 W: 10 N: 504] (2372)
  • [2005-07-15 5:15]

nice composition. lovely bird on a great background. colorful, sharp, detailed.

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