Killdeer on ice

[casil403]

This poor little bird looked so out of place slipping around on the ice.
This was a hard shot to get because the lighting just sucked...totally flat and not much of it!
This was the best I could do out of a ton of shots I took most of them ended up in the junk file!

[zenon5940]

The second one really does it for me, thanks for sharing Casil.

[Michaelaw]

Good job casil...I like them both but #1 shows the cold solitude of the moment best for me

PS...It's not uncommon for me to take 30-40 shots of a bird with only two or three being of any worth

[casil403]

Thanks Z and MAw....thanks too for the tidbit Maw...you just make it look so easy!
When I grow up I wanna take pix just like Michaelaw!

[Mad Aussie]

I'm the same Casil ... I'll take dozens of shots of birds and keep only a small few of them because most are substandard by comparison.

That second shot is good. With that external flash you've have nailed that sucker!!

[casil403]

That second shot is good. With that external flash you've have nailed that sucker!!

Thanks MA.

Hmmmm......external flash or morgage payment.........

[Mad Aussie]

Hmmm tough call but I'd go the morgage payment!

[Bambi]

definitely mortgage payment. it's hard to upload photos if you are homeless

I like both photos. the first for the mood and the second for the detail.

good work!

[Marko]

I agree with MAW on this one...totally dig shot 1 for its feeling of solitude.

[Jake_And123]

I like the 1st shot, because the composition is better and it does portray that loneliness a lot more! The 2nd shot seems a little bit too dead on/up close that it loses a lot of possible effect and doesn't have much perspective. The 2nd one is nonetheless a good picture, but falls under the category of portraiture or a simple descriptive photo of nothing but the bird. Dscovery channel/wikipedia type stuff. This is all just a personal opinion of course.

Keep it up!