Varied Thrush

Gallery: AvianPosted February 6, 2011148 views16 comments

I've had this Thrush stay around my home this winter and I feed it, together with a couple of squirrels, some seed from time to time. This was shot through my slightly open kitchen door, which got him curious and thus he remained still and posed.

1D MkIV, 700mm, 1/80 @f5.6 (forgot to change after adding TC), ISO1600, camera resting on low bench, mid-day very overcast skies, and we had some snow on the ground in January, as we live quite high up.

Thanks for looking; comments appreciated.

Comments

16 comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on February 6, 2011 at 12:07 PM

What a handsome bird KC, really stands out nicely in this frame.
Excellent image!

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Comment posted by Michael Twaddell on February 6, 2011 at 12:47 PM

Lovely image. I have a backyard full of them, but they are untrainable, and very skittish!

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on February 6, 2011 at 1:28 PM

Crisp, sharp image. I am always impressed with the quality of image the cameras will take today with he high ISOs. I very pretty bird. I got to see my first Varied Thrush on our road trip to Alaska last summer.

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Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on February 6, 2011 at 1:38 PM

Beautiful and colorful bird, KC. Very good quality for ISO 1600 !
Mauro

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on February 6, 2011 at 2:41 PM

Awesome looking bird KC. Love the comp. ISO 1600 and looking nice. Good detail and sharpness. Well done under those light conditions

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on February 6, 2011 at 3:44 PM

Robin like in appearance but a 100X more difficult to approach based on my personal experience. It's difficult to get detail on the breast feathers but you did very well in this case. I like the composition with the snow at the bottom and cedar background however, the diagonal brown structure through the bird is just a little bit unfortunate. Nice job getting detail in the snow and the darker areas.

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on February 6, 2011 at 3:45 PM

Nice pose and detail and at ISO 1600 too.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on February 6, 2011 at 6:43 PM

A beauty Kwan!!!

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on February 6, 2011 at 9:31 PM

Wow KC, to have a Varied Thrush in your yard is wonderful! Sweet comp and pose, lovely details too!

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Comment posted by Douglas Graham on February 7, 2011 at 11:08 AM

Nice techs and pose on this one. Its a bird Ive never seen but sure would love too. Great image for out the kitchen door but then again my backyard is the place where I shoot some of my best images

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Comment posted by Wayne Rhodus on February 7, 2011 at 12:15 PM

Wonderful exposure of this lovely little bird. Nice of it to pose for you.

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Comment posted by David Williams on February 7, 2011 at 2:15 PM

A little beauty, KC. Maybe next time you can invite him in. Great to get subjects at home, too, and I'd like to have one of these.

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on February 7, 2011 at 3:28 PM

KC,
beautiful bird indeed. I really like the comp, the detail and the pose.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on February 8, 2011 at 11:03 AM

Good pose, colors and background to bring out the bird, way to go.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on February 8, 2011 at 7:06 PM

Hi KC

A superb capture of this gorgeous bird.

Love the colors and detail. Wish we had this bird in Que.