American Dipper

[Allen_Brooks]

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Description

A fairly typical dipper scene with the bird on a rock looking into the moving water. I liked how the afternoon sun was playing on the water.

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Any thoughts appreciated.

Technical Details

Canon R5; 100-500 at 500 mm; 1/1000 at f7.1, +1EV; ISO 3200

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[Dennis_Plank]

Nice job on this one, Allen. These guys are very difficult to expose and this looks very good. I also like the “about to dive in” pose and the surrounding water.

[Allen_Sparks]

Hi Allen, I am fascinated by dippers and have zero shots of one. Nice scene you captured with the swirling water around the rock and the bird peering in I assume looking for bugs.