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Pied Flycatcher 'male'

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Posted by David Kjaer on June 29, 2007 at 10:27 AM
Pied Flycatcher 'male'
Taken in Wales in the garden where I was staying - the birds were so tame you could stand with your camera in the open and photograph them going in and out of the nestbox. The only downside very little light under the tree canopy.

Canon 1D Mk11 + 500 1/60 f4.5 iso 500
Posted by Tom_W on June 29, 2007 at 10:57 AM
Very nice indeed, as you say the sunlight under the canopy, from the TLHS, has made it hard to control the white on the wing but I can still see defination there...

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Posted by jack chapman on June 29, 2007 at 11:02 AM
great shot, the bird really pops from the bg and the perch is nice too
Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on June 29, 2007 at 11:13 AM
Very nice.

Phillip.

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Posted by Andy Shepherd on June 29, 2007 at 11:46 AM
Hi David,
Lovely shot , works on every level for me , a shot to be very proud of.

Kind regards
Andy... :smile:
Posted by Alan Bryant on June 29, 2007 at 1:02 PM
Thats a cracker David :toast:
Posted by Barrie Courtenay on June 29, 2007 at 1:27 PM
Stunning image David

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Regards
Posted by kevin Treadwell on June 29, 2007 at 2:11 PM
All the above. Great shot.

regards
KEVIN
Posted by Justin on June 29, 2007 at 2:49 PM
Hi David,

Excellent shot in every way.
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Posted by Paul Thomas on June 29, 2007 at 3:14 PM
Super shot David. :toast:

They certainly are trusting little birds and a pleasure to photograph.

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Paul
Posted by Paula Graham on June 29, 2007 at 5:28 PM
Absolutely gorgous shot.
Never seen one, myself.
Looks to have a blueish sheen on my monitor, is it supposed to have that hue?
Posted by Andy Astbury on June 30, 2007 at 6:43 AM
Good exposure control David - very nice :toast:
Posted by marcus john on June 30, 2007 at 11:39 AM
An excellent image of a classic Welsh bird and given the problems of under-canopy lighting, the exposure is very well judged; how was it achieved?
Posted by David Kjaer on June 30, 2007 at 12:10 PM
Hi Marcus

Natural light, no flash at minus one stop!

Regards
David
Posted by Graeme Lee on June 30, 2007 at 6:07 PM
Didn't realise they had so much colour about them... great work David :toast:
Posted by Tim Munsey on July 1, 2007 at 2:16 PM
Excellent, I love their song.

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Tim
Posted by PhilH on July 1, 2007 at 3:50 PM
Super.....

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Posted by Major Gilbert on July 1, 2007 at 4:39 PM
Its a cracker. :toast: :toast:

Major.
Posted by Pete Etheridge on July 2, 2007 at 6:17 AM
Brilliant David - nearly as good as another 'Pied Flycatcher on Foxglove' shot I saw recently on the Avian forum! :wink:
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