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Le plus petit...

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Posted by Frederic Desmette on March 31, 2008 at 5:10 AM
Le plus petit...
Bonjour
Yesterday when I saw the weather, I was extremely disappointed! They had forecasted rain and wind and it was wall-to-wall blue sky. After swearing and cursing the weather forecast man for 10 minutes .I decided that it was too late to travel anywhere so I went to my local patch with my long lenses to try to photograph common bird.
After a hour I was surprised to see a almost tame goldcrest....the problem was that the bird never stop moving I must have taken 500 pictures just to get 10 sharp one. This is one of them.
Canon with 500mm and 1.4 640 iso. Picture has been crop a little.
Bonne journee
Frederic
Posted by Paul Gibbs on March 31, 2008 at 5:29 AM
Nice Gold crest image. Many of these little birds can be very approachable when they are in the mood for it. That or they were more bothered by feeding than by being fed on?
Posted by John Chapman on March 31, 2008 at 6:05 AM
Excellent shot of a tiny bird Frederic :toast:
John
Posted by Andy Astbury on March 31, 2008 at 6:20 AM
Very nice capture Frederic :toast:

I've been trying and failing on these for too long :biggrin:
Posted by Paul Inglis on March 31, 2008 at 6:49 AM
Hi Frederic,

Very nice capture!
:toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Daniel Read on March 31, 2008 at 7:27 AM
Nice shot, I've found these to frustratingly elusive in the past :toast:
Posted by Jeremy on March 31, 2008 at 7:31 AM
Nice shot of a tricky subject. Would apply a touch more sharpening to head/eye area.
Posted by Paul Ashton on March 31, 2008 at 12:30 PM
Patience and perseverance required for these guys. Excellent capture with nice detail.
Posted by Alan Bryant on March 31, 2008 at 12:34 PM
What a fantastic looking bird :cool: .I bet he looks awesome with it's crest up :smile:

A very fine shot of this chap :toast:
Posted by Paula Graham on March 31, 2008 at 12:47 PM
Le plus petit indeed, they are but minute. Well done getting the shot.
Posted by Bertl Menegoni on March 31, 2008 at 1:57 PM
Fantastic shot of these nervous birds Frederic.
Its hard enough to follow them with a bino.
:toast: :toast:

Bertl Menegoni
Innsbruck
Austria
Posted by David Kjaer on March 31, 2008 at 2:19 PM
Cracking image of a difficult bird!

David :toast: :toast:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on March 31, 2008 at 5:35 PM


Very good capture Frederic , I had one down to 15ft the other day and still didn't manage anything as good as this.
:toast: :toast:

Andy... :smile:
Posted by eric weight on April 1, 2008 at 12:59 AM
Well done Frederic. lovely shot.
:toast: :toast: Eric
Posted by Helge Sorensen on April 1, 2008 at 6:18 AM
Wonderful image, Frederic :toast: