Taken with a Nikon N50, Tokina 400mm, Sigma 1.4x teleconverter, Kodak Royal Gold 100 speed print film. Center-weighted meter on nearby green grass, no adjustment.

-- Stu Weiss (stuart.weiss@coat.com), December 09, 1999

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I like it very much. Soft light, soft background, and reflection are all excellent. The vertical crop works well for me, also.

-- Mark Erickson (maericks@netcom.com), December 10, 1999.

Amazingly enough I believe I saw this picture being taken! In March of this year I was visiting my parents in Huntington Beach and went to down to Bolsa Chica(about 10 minutes away) to take a walk and look at the birds. While we were there we walked past a gentleman taking pictures pictures of the stilts with a large 300 or 400 mm lens. As we greeted each-other he excitedly pointed out that the stilts were mating. The next morning in the Orange County version of the LA Times I saw what I am almost positive was this picture with the same caption and I assumed it was taken by the person I saw. So how about it Stu; was it you?

-Chris

-- Chris Walter (walter@budoe.bu.edu), December 10, 1999.

A very Artistic photo - almost a painting. Well Done.

-- Santanu Nag (santanu_nag@hotmail.com), December 11, 1999.

Sorry Chris, I took this shot in the first week of November. Thanks to all for their comments.

-- Stu Weiss (stuart.weiss@coat.com), December 13, 1999.