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The stare from a female Stonechat

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Posted by Vincent Jones on October 18, 2006 at 10:55 AM
The stare from a female Stonechat
The day I had with a pair of Stonechats turned out to be so stressful, it was a nice country lane, normally quiet but not when I was trying to get some shots of these birds, hell broke loose, All of sudden all of this turned up, cars, lorries, horn beeping & a couple of stupid walkers standing by the vehicle being curious of what I was doing. 2 shots taken before the birds flew off. :redface:

Comments appreciated as always. :toast: :toast:

D2X - 400mm AF-S
ISO 200, F5.6, 1/250sec
SB800 with Flash xtender
Posted by Dave Courtenay on October 18, 2006 at 11:06 AM
How many shots do you want :biggrin: when they are as good as this,i dont normally go for head on shots prefering the head turn/side shot but feeel that it works well here,abit big but thats cool with me and i like the droplets on the moss,i didnt realise that you used flash until i looked at the specs,maybe if i tried to find fault then maybe slightly more dof to get the legs in focus :toast:
Posted by SteveHL on October 18, 2006 at 11:42 AM
Great shot Vincent. I'm glad I'm not the only one getting a bit stressed out in the quiet countryside!
Well done
Posted by Ben Micklem on October 18, 2006 at 11:48 AM
Great shot- can't fault it. DOF is fine for me. Excellent perch and background- perfect colour contrast with the orangey feathers.
Posted by Tony Anderson on October 18, 2006 at 1:15 PM
I agree with Ben, a great shot, :jump: Shots like this give me renewed hope :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by David Kjaer on October 18, 2006 at 1:23 PM
Hi Vince

Great shot, good detail, perch & BG - my only nit a little tight in the frame!

David :toast:
Posted by Major Gilbert on October 18, 2006 at 1:36 PM
Lovely shot Vincent. know only to well your frustration at being disturbed.
It gets worse not better I am afraid.

Major
Posted by Paul Williams on October 18, 2006 at 3:54 PM
Excellent shot Vincent, just love the expression!
Posted by Barrie Courtenay on October 18, 2006 at 5:23 PM
Great shot Vincent................stonker

:toast: :toast: :toast:

Barrie
Posted by Justin on October 18, 2006 at 5:25 PM
This is very nice Vince.
The pose and stare are great but what I really like is the gorgeous combination of orange against green.
I never realised just how colourful and attractive the female Stonechat is untill seeing this.
Oh,love the mossy perch too.
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Posted by Terry on October 19, 2006 at 4:52 AM
The tighness of this emphasize's the head on stare very well Vince :smile: in a perfect world I agree a little more dof would have made it even better but in the circumstances you did well to get such a good shot as this :smile:

Terry
Posted by John Chapman on October 19, 2006 at 10:43 AM
Hi Vincent
nice picture and a good story.
John
Aberdeen :toast: