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October 26, 2012 8:50am by Chthoniid

Friday Photo: 26 October

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beautox

Another great composition – NOT
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October 26, 2012 10:41am
Carlos

Unlike the negativist hater above, I think this is a great shot. Wildlife photography is one of the more difficult areas to master.
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October 26, 2012 10:50am
Longknives

Ignore the trolls. I also enjoy the wildlife photograpy….
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October 26, 2012 10:53am
Elaycee

Just days after accusing Todd Sissons’ work of being enhanced courtesy of photoshop, ‘beautox’ now bleats about a photo of a pied stilt.

@Beautox: How can I put this so you won’t get too upset, drop your lip and run off bleating to Mummy?
Rearrange this phrase: “OFF PISS”. Please note I’ve used just two words so it won’t take long for you to look them up in the dictionary.

@Chthoniid: another excellent shot – thanks. 🙂
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October 26, 2012 11:27am
David Farrar

I love the angle the bird is at – literally in mid-action.
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October 26, 2012 12:05pm
graham

beautox, feel free to point us to your work so we can compare.
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October 26, 2012 12:30pm
DavidR

Totally agree with the above comments, except for the first. Fuck off, Redbeautox!

Thanks, Chthoniid. Don’t let the trolls discourage you. Where was the shot taken?
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October 26, 2012 1:54pm
RRM

That is very cool.

(I see Wedbaiter is off for 2 months – What did I miss? And I wonder if Beautox is an alias? It’s strange to think there could be two weirdoes with the same obscure chip on their shoulder… )
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October 26, 2012 2:22pm
Chthoniid

@Elyacee

Thankyou- I like watching these birds- they seem almost impossibly slender.

@David Farrar

Thanks- it’s often the goal of wildlife/bird photography to get them interacting with their environment (or each other). The Spring light accommodated a high shutter speed, freezing the feeding action ‘mid bill’.

@DavidR

This is up on the Whangaporoa Peninsular near Shakespear Regional Park. There are some ponds and bogs that attract a lot of coastal and wetland birds.
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October 26, 2012 2:54pm
fredinthegrass

Looks like lunchtime for the stilt.
Saw a heap of these as we headed north from Napier this pm.
Too much traffic to stop – plus caravan on behind!!.
Made do, Chthoniid, with a wine while sitting on a log at the beach at Bay View – oh well!!!!!
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October 26, 2012 7:55pm
Steve (North Shore)

Who makes the effort to get the photo, and who is the cork soaker who bitches about the photo?

I like the photos, good or not so good
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October 26, 2012 8:32pm
Chthoniid

@fredinthegrass

Any day you can spend on a beach with a glass of wine isn’t a loss 🙂
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October 27, 2012 9:20am
Dave Mann

I find wildlife photography boring, but I’ll be the first to acknowledge that it must take a lot of effort and patience to catch the shot….. but in the end, it’s still just a bloody bird, mate. Yawn.

Todd Sissons’ work, on the other hand, is absolutely beautifully composed and a joy to look at. And Photoshop is not ‘fake’ or somehow ‘cheating’; its a bona fide creative tool and Todd Sissons uses it like a master.
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October 27, 2012 10:27am

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