Juvenile Wheatear

Gallery: AvianPosted July 18, 201049 views7 comments

Juvenile wheatear taken on the Lammermuir Hills in the Scottish Borders. O found an area were there was three siblings foraging. They were jumping up on the fence posts and back down to the ground feeding, they came quite close to me.

Canon 7D Canon 500mm f2.8 lens, f5.6, 1/320 sec, ISO 320

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7 comments

Comment posted by Steve Balke on July 18, 2010 at 4:37 PM

Lots of beautiful detail here, Ron. Lovely background too. I can see that a vertical crop is possible here but I like the composition that you chose better. It fits the direction of the birds eyes so well.

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Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on July 18, 2010 at 4:50 PM

Very nice shot, with perfec details and BG. I like the composition very much.

Congrats

D&L

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on July 18, 2010 at 6:37 PM

Ron, I really like this pose for the way it presents the beautiful patterns on the wings of this species. The clean background highlights the bird well and your comp works for me. To my eye the head and beak are slightly soft in the larger version.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 19, 2010 at 10:25 AM

Lovely, Ron. Interesting plumage and you caught the detail extremely well.

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Comment posted by David Sparks on July 19, 2010 at 9:08 PM

Ron:
As Ron already mentioned, this pose really highlights the dramatic patterns of wing and tail feathers. Nicely done. Were all three siblings banded?

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on July 19, 2010 at 9:23 PM

I like the simplicity of this image a lot

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Comment posted by Ron McCombe on July 20, 2010 at 4:50 PM

Thanks for your comments, everyone yes David, all three were ringed

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