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Spectacled warbler

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Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on July 14, 2008 at 6:45 AM
Spectacled warbler
Another one from my recent holiday taken around 9pm the weather was absolutely baking hot well into the 90's & 100's every day as a result the wildlife didn't seem to like showing itself a lot.

Phil.

D300 sigma 800 1/500 @ f8 iso400.

PP in Bibble Pro & CS2.

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Posted by John Robinson on July 14, 2008 at 6:52 AM
Love the space and comp. on this one.
JohnR
Posted by Paul Gibbs on July 14, 2008 at 7:08 AM
Interesting, looks a little like or Dartford warbler? The warm light is great.
Posted by Brett Lewis on July 14, 2008 at 7:13 AM
Nice image, i like the juxtaposition between the lush vegetation on the left and the dead branch the bird is perching on.. Nice work..

Brett :cool:
Posted by Paul Inglis on July 14, 2008 at 7:31 AM
Hi Phil,

Awesome image, simply awesome! Love the negative space. Superb composition!
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Posted by Rob Howard on July 14, 2008 at 8:35 AM
Hi Phillip,

I like the comp and colours of this, but for me needs some more USM as looks a tad soft to me.

Regards

Rob
Posted by Dave Tucker on July 14, 2008 at 10:21 AM
Hi, Nice Dartford Warbler, good image,

Regards
Dave
Posted by Mike Smith on July 14, 2008 at 11:17 AM
Dave

It is not a Dartford, Phil's id looks spot on. The white throat patch and white eye ring distinguishes this from Subalpine and Dartford. Spectacled W are more like a pink chested Whitethroat.

I had the same heat problem in Italy, the Sardinian warblers around the hotel were just not playing ball so camera and lens never left my bag this year :rolleyes:


Posted by Bertl Menegoni on July 14, 2008 at 1:43 PM
What a comfortable pose!
I like the composition, it is different to the usual ones.
Light is great Phillip.
Greetings,
Bertl
Posted by Matt Cole on July 14, 2008 at 4:00 PM
a very attractive image, well composed and I like the colours. Interesting to see another warbler so similar to our Dartford Warbler.

Matt
Posted by Nicholas Armitt on July 14, 2008 at 5:43 PM
I like the pose and the lighting, just not sure about the vegetation on the left. I find it slightly distracting

Nick


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Posted by eric weight on July 15, 2008 at 12:53 PM
Nice comp and the colours tell how hot it was. I don't mind the fg vegetation as the bird looks like he is heading there next.
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Posted by Magnus Hird on July 15, 2008 at 3:17 PM
Not seen one of these (nor any of the ones it's been confused with!) before. Lovely image - colours are something different again, but as someone else mentioned not sure if its a little soft around the eye of if its just the low res web image? :smile: