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Brambling

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Posted by jacqui on November 20, 2007 at 1:34 PM
Brambling
Taken in the garden today, I think that this may be a female as there was a male with a very dark face, I have a pic of him too but I am waiting for him to sit on the perch :wink:

1DmkIII,300f4 + 1.4 ext,ISO640,f5.6,Tripod
Posted by Craig Nash on November 20, 2007 at 1:37 PM
Thats nice . Shame she isnt facing you. Strange optical illusion with he primary feathers. Lucky you I have only seen one once.
Posted by jacqui on November 20, 2007 at 1:44 PM
Hi Craig here she is facing me :-)
Posted by Craig Nash on November 20, 2007 at 1:52 PM
Very Good!! :biggrin:
Posted by Andy Astbury on November 20, 2007 at 2:08 PM
This is one very cool garden you have Jaqui - maybe the mods should organise a UKNP day at Jaquis' Garden sometime soon :biggrin: :biggrin:

Two nice images, I like the 2nd better :toast:
Posted by Edwin kats on November 20, 2007 at 2:20 PM
:wavey: Wonderful bird and I go for the second. Well done.

Edwin Kats
Posted by Nick on November 20, 2007 at 2:47 PM
Great - like both of the shots ... no sign of Bramblings around here yet :frown:

Slightly less sharpening might help on the 1st image - I've seen this stair-step effect happen on shots of chaffinch sometimes, it seems to depend on the angle of the shot.
Posted by Paul Thomas on November 20, 2007 at 3:30 PM
Both really nice shots. I've only ever seen a Blambling once so I'm envious that you get them in your garden.

:toast:

Paul
Posted by Stuart McCrae on November 20, 2007 at 3:39 PM
Very nice Jacqui,I think the second is the better of the two,but again I cant believe the amount of different species you get in your garden. :eek:

:toast: :toast:

Stu.
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on November 20, 2007 at 3:40 PM
Hi Jacqui, think the first is the best. Wondered when you would post? Nice to see the variety :toast:

Steve :wink:
Posted by Paul Ashton on November 20, 2007 at 3:42 PM
Both really good shots Jacqui. A touch heavy on the USM on number one.
Posted by jacqui on November 20, 2007 at 4:09 PM
Thank you for all of the replies :-)

Reference the USM can you tell a difference between this and the origional? I only sharpened it the once as far as I remember :confused:
Posted by David Clapp on November 20, 2007 at 4:15 PM
Nice little fella. All the shots look good to me.
Posted by David Kjaer on November 20, 2007 at 4:19 PM
Hi Jacqui

Very nice with a great BG - you are so fortunate to have such a good bird visit your garden!

David :toast:
Posted by Mark Sisson on November 21, 2007 at 3:38 AM
Lovely bird and well captured - first is a great pofile/id type shot, and second has a bit more personality/character so both work for me.

Mark

Posted by John Gardner on November 21, 2007 at 3:45 AM
first image is better for me as it shows more of the bird. They are super, I've seen 1000's of these and never get tired of them. The males are awesome and you may find they hang around till end of Feb or early March and they'll take on full breeding plumage.

John
Posted by Frederic Desmette on November 21, 2007 at 9:02 AM
Nice picture with great background, good garden bird!
Frederic