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Male Brambling

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Posted by Danny Green on March 19, 2008 at 4:11 PM
Male Brambling
A good friend of mine has the most amazing Garden with Tree Sparrows, Yellowhammers, Siskins and a large flock of Brambling visiting his feeders. Thanks to him I spent today trying to photograph them on a number of different perches. This one was my favourite.

Canon 1D MK11, 500mm Lens, 1.4x, 1/125, F5.6, ISO 200

Danny :wavey:
Posted by Major Gilbert on March 19, 2008 at 4:15 PM
Nice one Danny the barbed wire compliments the birds colours well. :toast:

Major.
Posted by Andy Astbury on March 19, 2008 at 4:19 PM
Cracking shot Danny and a super comp :toast:
Posted by Paul Inglis on March 19, 2008 at 4:26 PM
Hi Danny,

Very nice capture!
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Posted by Rob Howard on March 19, 2008 at 4:46 PM
Hi Danny,

Lovely shot. Nice perch with a very nice BG. Being super critical, the two white patches look hot, but easy to sort out in CS.

Nice work

Regards

Rob
Posted by Rob Fisher on March 19, 2008 at 5:15 PM
Danny,

Nice capture, background works well.

Rob
Posted by eric weight on March 19, 2008 at 5:16 PM
Best brambling shot I've seen in a long time. The rusty wire makes a great perch.
:toast: :toast: Eric
Posted by Paula Graham on March 19, 2008 at 6:03 PM
Yes, very nice shot indeed. Lovely colours.
Posted by PhilH on March 20, 2008 at 3:50 AM
Thats nice.....

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Posted by Mark Sisson on March 20, 2008 at 5:02 AM
Looks like it was a productive morning - good props always make a good image opportunity better eh :wink:
Good shot to have in the locker this: see you soon.

:toast:

Mark
Posted by Ian Mason on March 20, 2008 at 6:44 AM
Nice shot of a bird I haven't seen yet. I'm undecided about the perch - the barbed bit is a little distracting - but I would be delighted to have it.
Posted by Jeroen Stel on March 20, 2008 at 7:00 AM
Great shot and setting Danny!
Have to agree the white spots are a tad hot though..

Well done getting this beautiful bird!

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by Mike Smith on March 20, 2008 at 7:32 AM
As usual nicely done, and stunning complementory colours.

One small nit though the DOF is just a touch too narrow - the wing primary tips and tail feathers are soft
Posted by Paul Gibbs on March 20, 2008 at 8:05 AM
Nice i like it Danny, i'm not a huge fan of man made perches but its still a nice image.
Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on March 20, 2008 at 8:37 AM
Hi Danny a very very nice image.

Phil.

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Posted by Simon Litten on March 20, 2008 at 9:34 AM
Great shot - lovely colours.

Simon
Posted by Justin on March 20, 2008 at 1:21 PM
Hi Danny,

Very,very nice indeed.
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Posted by Paul Ashton on March 20, 2008 at 2:59 PM
Lovely light and detail Danny. We wouldn't expect anything less from you.

There were a pair of these at Titchwell a couple of weeks ago and as I had never knowingly seen one before I took the opportunity to try and get a shot. Plenty of good views but they just didn't settle. Came home empty handed.