Whitethroat

Hi to all,
Whitethroat , photographed at Bempton this morning , looked like it had just arrived because it allowed me to get quite close , it must have been really tired after its flight from the Sahara.
Levels , Usm ( 150,0.2,0 x2 ) crop for comp

Canon 20D , 500mm F4 L IS , W/Hv2 , Gitzo 1325
1/1600th @ F4 iso200 E/c -1/3 jpeg

All comments and advice most welcome

Kind regards
Andy...

Cracking detailed shot, with a BG to die for

Very nice indeed Andrew. Surprised you shot wide open with that shutter speed

Nice to get it on wire. they're usually in the shrubs where I see them

Hi Graeme,
If I'm honest Graeme I was so excited to see my first Whitethroat that I didn't pay that much attention to my camera settings , I knew I was shooting at iso200 and F4 to get the diffused bg , so I just concentrated on trying to get the shot and I let the camara select the shutter speed , I suppose I could have selected between F8 & F11 to get a sharper image and still managed a very good shutter speed but excitement got the better of me

Kind regards
Andy...

Hi Andrew, Congratulation on your 1st Whitethroat The DOF is spot on well done.

Cheers

I thought that was something that only I did Andy I thought everyone else's shots were far more calculated!!

Hi Andrew - eveythings been said already - cracking shot and heartiest congrats on another 1st

Glad to see I'm in good company when eagerness ejects all rational thought out the window

All the best

Andy

Nice image Andrew.
John
Aberdeen

Hi to all,
Thanks for the comments and advice , I'll try and improve on this shot in the morning , with any luck he'll still be around.

Kind regards
Andy...