Three leggy feathered friends

[pbdweeeebie]

Wattled Lapwing



Crowned Lapwing


Redknobbed coot

[JGennuso]

Amazing shots! So clear. I especially love the first one. Great job!

[Jadara]

I love the clarity of these. Sorry but the title caused a real Duh moment for me. I was studying the first picture looking for a third leg . I got it now!! Great shots.

[Fred flyfisher]

Very nice captures. I really like the blurred backgroud with such nice detail on the subject. Beautiful work.

[Chewys Dad]

Great Shots! Very Clear detail; How far away were you? Focal lentgh.
Wow, when you look at the larger versions in flkr, it's amazing
the Feet on the Coot are Awesome and the Mask on the Lapwing is as well!
Thanks for Sharing these
Chewys Dad.

[PrimeTime]

Very nice pb, colors and exposure are excellent. You must have about a million varieties of birds around there Seems you always post a different species.

[pbdweeeebie]

Originally Posted by JGennuso

Amazing shots! So clear. I especially love the first one. Great job!

Thank you J. This lady had a very good look at me before strutting off!

Originally Posted by Jadara

I love the clarity of these. Sorry but the title caused a real Duh moment for me. I was studying the first picture looking for a third leg . I got it now!! Great shots.

Thank you Jadara. And if the pics made you smile at yourself too, all the better.

Originally Posted by Fred flyfisher

Very nice captures. I really like the blurred backgroud with such nice detail on the subject. Beautiful work.

Thank you Fred. Increasingly I try to get myself into the position - direction of light and background - that I hope will work for the shot and then just lay down, wait, wait and wait and hope one of these curious beauties will walk onto the "set". When it works, it works well. But when it does not, there are only soiled clothes to account for the attempt.

Originally Posted by Chewys Dad

Great Shots! Very Clear detail; How far away were you? Focal lentgh.
Wow, when you look at the larger versions in flkr, it's amazing
the Feet on the Coot are Awesome and the Mask on the Lapwing is as well!
Thanks for Sharing these
Chewys Dad.

BigUp and thanks "Dad". These were all shot as NEF [Raw] on Nikon D300 + Sigma 150-500mm and processed using Capture NX2:
1] Wattled lapwing - @350mm f/6.0 1/160s ISO 800 about 20m while laying on the floor
2] Crowned lapwing - @450mm f/6.3 1/100s ISO 800 about 30m while laying on the floor
3] Redknobbed coot - @380mm f/6.3 1/320s ISO 400 about 10m away handheld crouched

And I guess I should add that I got into position and just waited nothing less than 15-20mins for each shot.

Originally Posted by PrimeTime

Very nice pb, colors and exposure are excellent. You must have about a million varieties of birds around there Seems you always post a different species.

Thank you PrimeTime. I'm thankful we dont have that many bird species as I may never get around to capturing as many as I 'd like to! In all, there are approximately 850-950 bird species in Southern Africa. And although I am in the city - Johannesburg - we are fortunate that the area is one of the largest man-made forests int he world. So besides being at approximately 1.4km above sea level, we are spoilt for choice.