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Common Jery
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Common Jery

by Simon Bennett

Gallery: AvianPosted August 24, 2012111 views7 comments
Common Jery photographed in the late afternoon at Ifaty, Madagascar. This bird, in the Cisticola family, occurs in forest amd scrub throughout Madagscar, feeding on fruit, nectar and insects.

Canon 7D, EF500 f/4+ 1.4x, tripod, ISO 800, f/7.1, 1/3200, vertical crop from horizontal image. A couple of oof branches digitally pruned.

Comments

7 comments
Comment posted by Joel DeYoung on August 24, 2012 at 9:46 AM
Nice looking little bird. Good eye contact and pose with good feather details.
In this situation, I think the branch in front of the bird is a bit distracting. The color also seems a bit too warm, but that is probably the light you had.

Nice job overall. :smile:
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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 24, 2012 at 11:40 AM
Beautiful light, Simon, and I love the composition. A bit more dof might have been nice to put those flowers into crisp focus.

:toast:
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Comment posted by Jaymes Dempsey on August 24, 2012 at 12:39 PM
That light looks stunning, Simon. Nice pose, and I like the flowers by the bird.
:toast:
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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on August 24, 2012 at 12:59 PM
A very nice look at this bird. I've had similar light to deal with here lately and it's difficult to judge how warm the photo should be. I've been adding a little bit of blue filter just to bring out the colors in the bird a little more. This is probably close to the way the light really was though. :toast:
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Comment posted by David Haynes on August 25, 2012 at 2:03 AM
Very warm light. I really love it. Nice perch and an interesting pose with sharp details. Great capture.
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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on August 25, 2012 at 6:52 AM
What a great perch - the cisticiola link makes sense
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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on August 26, 2012 at 8:56 AM
Love the perch and great pose. Nice light.

Ray
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