Big Red

Gallery: AvianPosted July 11, 2010131 views8 comments

Lesser Redpoll on my local patch in the Lammermuir Hills in the Scottish Borders UK.

I like the contrast of tones here with the greens and the rich red of the bird

Canon 7D canon 500mm f4, f4, 1/800sec ISO 320

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Dan Harbour on July 11, 2010 at 6:37 PM

Beautiful bird on a great perch. Wonderful colors.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 11, 2010 at 7:12 PM

Beautiful composition, Ron. Very nice pose and I like the water drops on the perch.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on July 11, 2010 at 9:28 PM

All around fine photograph. Thanks for sharing, sure is a pretty bird.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on July 11, 2010 at 10:17 PM

Very nice; I agree the contrast of tones is delightful. Your Redpolls are certainly more colorful than ours...

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on July 12, 2010 at 8:36 AM

I agree about the contrast Ron - very effective. Also like the droplets on the perch. I'm a fan of plenty of space for the bird to look into but on this occasion I think you could afford a slightly tighter crop and still maintain the feel of the composition??

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Colin Smale on July 12, 2010 at 12:39 PM

Beautiful light, Beautiful bird, Beautiful composition....Beautiful

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on July 12, 2010 at 6:52 PM

A delightful composition Ron.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on July 12, 2010 at 8:18 PM

Love the color combination and the water droplets. It looks chilly out, so the fluffed pose makes sense.

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