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Female Wheatear

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Posted by Paul Thomas on April 28, 2007 at 2:03 PM
Female Wheatear
Taken today. I got quite a few shots with her in the classic upright pose but I quite like this one.

Techs:

E-500, 300/f2.8 + 1.4TC, ISO 125, 1/500 @ f5.6. Cropped about 10%, levels, curves, USM

C & C welcome

:toast:

Paul
Posted by Rob Howard on April 28, 2007 at 5:01 PM
Hi Paul,

I like this shot. nice composition and colours, nice to see a different type of Wheatear shot.

Being ultra critical shame she was'nt a few inches to the right just to take her tail into the nice OOF BG.

Regards

Rob
Posted by Andy Shepherd on April 29, 2007 at 4:05 AM
Hi Paul,
Nice shot , I like the low angle , saw my first one of the year last week at Bempton.

Kind regards
Andy... :toast:
Posted by Paul Schröder on April 29, 2007 at 7:14 AM
Good seperation from the BG, excellent sharpness and detail. LHS a bit distracting.

Paul :toast:
Posted by Tim Munsey on April 29, 2007 at 12:57 PM
Nice low angle, good comp and action to boot.

:toast:

Tim
Posted by David Kjaer on April 30, 2007 at 6:14 AM
Hi Paul

Very very nice, not often you catch the female calling and a great BG!

David :toast:
Posted by Paul Thomas on April 30, 2007 at 8:23 AM
Thanks for the feedback everyone. David, she was having a bit of a ding-dong with another female Wheatear which was trying to muscle in on her patch so that's not a love song she's singing :wink:

:toast:

Paul
Posted by Paula Graham on April 30, 2007 at 1:08 PM
Very attractive shot taken from low viewpoint. I like the bird's pose and that she is singing 'makes' the image.
Posted by Rene de Heer on April 30, 2007 at 4:11 PM
Nice viewpoint with ditto background, nice shot!
Rene de Heer