Dunnock on moss

Gallery: AvianPosted December 7, 201081 views11 comments

Another Dunnock image taken from my hide.
This one's on a clump of moss that just happened to be there, bit of luck that eh?

The warm morning sunshine lit up the bird beautifully for me.

Sony A350
Sigma 50-500 EX
1/160th second
f8
ISO 200
360mm
Tripod

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on December 7, 2010 at 8:23 PM

Nice clean image. Great perch and background.

Registered on August 23, 2010, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments

Comment posted by Angela McCain on December 7, 2010 at 9:21 PM

Nice and sharp image. Like the complimentary colors of the background. Wish there was a little for DOF to bring the back end of the bird into focus.

Registered on April 19, 2009, 367 Posts, 3589 Comments

Comment posted by Ajit Huilgol on December 8, 2010 at 1:06 AM

The lush green perch contrast well with the earthy browns of the bird, and the bokeh is swell, too!

Registered on December 19, 2008, 302 Posts, 2055 Comments

Comment posted by Karen Summers on December 8, 2010 at 6:25 AM

lovely shot and great perch

Registered on December 3, 2009, 83 Posts, 818 Comments

Comment posted by Wayne Willison on December 8, 2010 at 8:31 AM

Nice, Geoffrey. Great techs and background, but love that moss.

Registered on April 10, 2009, 292 Posts, 3967 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Dudley on December 8, 2010 at 8:57 AM

Looks good Geoffrey. Really like the background colors with the bird and you picked a nice perch. To my eye the head looks slightly "crispy" so I might consider backing off of the sharpening there.

Registered on March 30, 2007, 437 Posts, 10915 Comments

Comment posted by Andy Shepherd on December 8, 2010 at 1:38 PM

Great lighting on this one, Geoff. You can't beat that "Wandering Moss" that just seems to be there just when you need it

Andy...

Registered on September 24, 2006, 123 Posts, 1254 Comments

Comment posted by Giorgio Gregori on December 8, 2010 at 2:55 PM

Beautiful image, Geoffrey .
The " casual " pillow of moss adds a lot .
Giorgio

Registered on November 16, 2007, 87 Posts, 793 Comments

Comment posted by Simon Bennett on December 8, 2010 at 3:13 PM

I like the alert pose, perch and background. Well done getting him out in the open - they seem very shy when I saw some in New Zealand where they are introduced.