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Desert Wheatear

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Posted by Andy Shepherd on December 16, 2007 at 8:02 AM
Desert Wheatear
Hi to all,

Desert Wheatear , photographed at Burniston nr Cromer point yesterday , a rare and very lively little bird this is , shame about the perch I know , but seeing as though there are only two of these birds in the country I'll settle for it :wink:

Levels , Contrast , Sat , Usm(150,1.0,1 x1), Cropped for comp

Canon 40D , 500F4IS , Gitzo1325 , Wimberley v2
1/200th @ F4 iso250

All comments welcome

Thanks for looking

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Edwin kats on December 16, 2007 at 8:58 AM
Wonderful shot of a wonderful bird. Well captured :toast:

Edwin Kats
Posted by PhilH on December 16, 2007 at 10:50 AM
Nice capture of a rarity... there are a few nits but these I think can be forgiven....

Phil :wavey:
Posted by John Chapman on December 16, 2007 at 11:53 AM
Hi Andrew great capture of a rarity and the nits have been mentioned. :toast:
John
Aberdeen
Posted by Andy Astbury on December 16, 2007 at 11:58 AM
Overall a great capture Andy - nice job :toast:
Posted by eric weight on December 17, 2007 at 3:41 AM
You taker what you can get with these sort of things, but still a nice shot anyway.
Posted by John Varley on December 17, 2007 at 4:37 PM
Very nice Andrew, have never seen one. :toast:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on December 18, 2007 at 6:52 PM

Thanks for looking and thanks for the comments.

Regards

Andy... :smile: