Lapland Longspur by Gary Fairhead
Best viewed large
Petrie Island on the Ottawa River, Ottawa Ontario Canada. The sand beach in the background is naturally blurred by the optics in the Canon 500F4 lens.
A beautiful little bird with great markings highlited by the wonderful afternoon light we had yesterday ( OCT 19)
Canon 7D and 500F4 with 1,4X TC and tripod
ISO 200 and 1/1000 sec at F8
Comments
… very nice picture – the background has the perfect tone!! mc27
Thanks mc27…the BG did make my day as it complimented the bird;’s colors. I have some with a blue( water) BG that look pretty good as well.
– Gary Fairhead
This is the best I’ve seen of this species Gary, perfect in every respect, wish i was retired
Thanks Wayne….the bird and the Lark are still there as of a couple of hours ago ( Jetty/Petrie). Great views and the two birds seem undisturbed by people…possibly because they are more concerned with the merlin that has been flying by. One birder came to see them today and he only had a half hour to get back to his babysitter from the time he left home,,,That gave him 4 minutes to see both birds and he was totally satisfied :-)
– Gary Fairhead
fantastic.x
Gorgeous little bird, Gary!
A real stand-out image, Gary! I think I need to slip down on my on my lunch break to get a look and possibly a few shots…
That is an excellent capture in every way. Has to be added to my FAVS
Sharp capture!
Excellent as always Gary!
wonderful shot
PERFECT! Great capture!