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Wryneck

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Posted by Mark Sisson on November 20, 2007 at 5:51 AM
Wryneck
Spent yesterday pulling together some recent work for a talk at a local camera Club last night - good reason to sort out some of the pile of "to be processed" work including this Wryneck - one of a series of shots from a couple of enjoyable early mornings this summer.

1DSMk2
500mm
ISO 200
f8 1/250
Capture One, CS2,

Mark
Posted by Brian McGeough on November 20, 2007 at 6:05 AM
That is a beauty :toast: :toast: I love the way the light falls on the bird.

Cheers
Brian
Posted by John Varley on November 20, 2007 at 6:11 AM
Cracking shot Mark, you've caught the pose and light just right. Might be tempted to darken the oof right hand corner just a little.

Bird I have never even seen. :toast:

Posted by jacqui on November 20, 2007 at 6:26 AM
Supurb image of a bird I would love to see :toast:

Jacqui
Posted by Andy Bate on November 20, 2007 at 6:28 AM
Splendid marvellous and fine!
Posted by Paul Hillion on November 20, 2007 at 6:47 AM
Very nice Mark, I like this a lot, the light on the bird is just perfect. A bird I've never seen also.

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Posted by Tristan Campbell on November 20, 2007 at 6:57 AM
Beautiful image - the greens and browns work so well together. Nice. Tristan
Posted by Andy Astbury on November 20, 2007 at 8:09 AM
Love it Mark - nice how the bird 'grows' from the tree - top shot :toast:
Posted by Ian Hardy on November 20, 2007 at 8:15 AM
Mark,

Well done not an easy bird to photograph.

Ian
Posted by Dave Sewell on November 20, 2007 at 8:40 AM
Lovely shot. As Mark says, not an easy bird to see let alone photograph.
Dave
Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on November 20, 2007 at 9:52 AM
Hi thats a supurb image.

Phillip.

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Posted by Mike Smith on November 20, 2007 at 10:23 AM
Fantastic shot - I have only ever seen these creeping around on the ground in the UK - or distant views singing in the tops of trees - great light, great pose, very envious!! :toast:
Posted by Paul Thomas on November 20, 2007 at 3:00 PM
Superb shot. I've never seen one of these in the flesh.

:toast:

Paul
Posted by Major Gilbert on November 20, 2007 at 3:09 PM
Just love Wrynecks Mark. Nice one. :toast:

Major.
Posted by Graeme Lee on November 20, 2007 at 3:55 PM
Would love to see one of these and then get a shot like this. Nice. :toast:
Posted by David Clapp on November 20, 2007 at 4:19 PM
Wonderful bird in great light. We get them every year at Dawlish Warren. Very nice shot.
Posted by David Kjaer on November 20, 2007 at 5:41 PM
Hi Mark

I think they are wonderful birds and you have captured this one very well in a nicely composed image!

David :toast:
Posted by Justin on November 20, 2007 at 6:35 PM
Like everthing about it. Excellent capture :toast:
Posted by Danny Green on November 20, 2007 at 6:35 PM
Hello Mark

Cracking shot of a difficult bird to do, your comp is spot on and the light is nice. Just think if you lost these by accidently formating your card :wink:

Danny :wavey:
Posted by Mark Sisson on November 21, 2007 at 3:36 AM
Thanks for all the positive comments - Danny you know too much :wink:

For those that are interested having spent a morning photographing this pair of birds (5-10 second changeovers at the nest every couple of hours only so not an enormous amount of material and a lot of sweat and concentration) I stupidly re-formatted my card by mistake the same afternoon (first and last time I can assure you :mad: ).

Fortunately a second morning gave me another chance!

Mark
Posted by PhilH on November 21, 2007 at 4:05 AM
Excellent....only nit, it aint mine :biggrin:

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Posted by Frederic Desmette on November 21, 2007 at 9:09 AM
Blimey! Craking shot.I wish it was mine
Frederic
Posted by Colin Pickett on November 21, 2007 at 3:50 PM
Hi Mark I've never seen one of these before but i want to now.

Excellent image :toast: :toast:
Posted by Mark Fellowes on November 23, 2007 at 10:56 AM
Simply superb shot - lots of character and detail. Excellent.

:toast:

Mark