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Stonechat.

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Posted by Frederic Desmette on November 14, 2007 at 3:47 AM
Stonechat.
About three of four weeks ago I went with some friends to Ritchmond park in London. They were severall stonechat and even Two dartford warbler arround.
The Dartford warbler were very difficult to approach but we were lucky with a pair of stonechat.The brakens were changing colour and a lot of them were brown and not very good looking. I was lucky when this male landed on a green one!
That was taken with a 500mm,1.4 converter and the mark3.
Frederic Desmette
Posted by Tim Munsey on November 14, 2007 at 4:25 AM
What a pretty shot, lovely colours and composition. The light worries me a little, is there flash involved?
Super shot though, wish it were mine.

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Tim
Posted by Alan Woolnough on November 14, 2007 at 4:37 AM
Its a lovely setting/composition Frederic :toast:

Agree with Tim, regarding the light {can't quite put my finger on it}.

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Alan
Posted by Frederic Desmette on November 14, 2007 at 4:43 AM
Hello
No, no flash was used
Frederic
Posted by Danny Green on November 14, 2007 at 4:48 AM
Very nice Frederic, love the background.

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Danny
Posted by Chris Lloyd on November 14, 2007 at 6:12 AM
Lovely image Frederic. Maybe could've been improved by including the whole of the Fern but great as is! :toast:

Chris.
Posted by Andy Astbury on November 14, 2007 at 6:35 AM
Another nice image Frederic - super smooth BG and a good comp :toast:

I can see where Chris is coming from and the lighting does look a bit 'different' but it's a super image :wavey:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on November 14, 2007 at 6:57 AM
Hi Frederic,

Very nice shot , super little bird , green fern works really well against the brown BG :toast:

Regards

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Craig Churchill on November 14, 2007 at 8:13 AM
Hi Frederic


A lovely shot!
The tone of the background is just enough to make the similar coloured bird really stand out!!
Great composition great lighting!!

Well done!!

Craig
www.craigchurchill.co.uk
Posted by Graeme Lee on November 14, 2007 at 8:48 AM
Like the fern and BG. Nicely done but the lighting does seem a bit weird :toast:
Posted by Elliott Neep on November 14, 2007 at 9:20 AM
Haven't seen these at Richmond for a while. I shall keep my eyes peeled. Love the contrast between the perch and background colour. Nice light on the bird and the catch-light gives it that sparkle. :toast:
Posted by Mark Fellowes on November 14, 2007 at 9:56 AM
Lovely shot - I think that everyone else has covered why!

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Mark
Posted by Barrie Courtenay on November 14, 2007 at 2:42 PM
Very nice Frederic,lots of these when I was there also,lovely looking bird,great background

Regards

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Posted by Dave Courtenay on November 14, 2007 at 3:59 PM
Beautiful Autumn colours-very nice image :toast:
Posted by Rob Chace on November 14, 2007 at 6:34 PM
Like the space in this shot, great background. :toast:
Posted by Marko Trebušak on November 15, 2007 at 1:22 AM
Nothing to nitpick. Is just pleasant image to look at :toast:!

Cheers,
Marko
Posted by PhilH on November 15, 2007 at 9:30 AM
Very nice with a great bg, composition is great.

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