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woodie portrait

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Posted by eric weight on July 8, 2009 at 4:21 PM
woodie portrait
I've always had a soft spot for the portly woodpigeon. So many subtle colours and invariably overlooked. We don't see many on here, and after trying and failing miserably to get a full frame shot of one, I suddenly get them too close. Anyway inspired by that superb spotted flycatcher shot of Nigel Blake's, and because I like close-ups anyway, I have decided too post this one of a woodie doing what it does best - eating corn! it also looks like it has a defect in the pupil of its eye.

40D; 300/f4
iso 200; 1/160; f8
full frame

I appreciate that not everybody likes this kind of shot but C&C most welcome nonetheless.


:wavey: Eric
Posted by Craig Jones on July 8, 2009 at 4:28 PM
"We don't see many on here" to right Eric, the forgotten bird, lovely close up with beautiful detail, love the eye :biggrin: :biggrin: Very nice :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Bob Cox on July 8, 2009 at 4:41 PM
I’m afraid it’s a case of missing the blindingly obvious Eric, they are there every day in the garden, along with sparrows, starlings and collared doves and I spend half the day out chasing owls. Nice shot and as you say it makes a welcome change.

Bob.
Posted by John Robinson on July 8, 2009 at 4:51 PM
Nice one Eric.
I love em.
Not a pupil defect by the way - they are all that shape.
Cheers
John
Posted by Nigel Blake on July 8, 2009 at 4:57 PM
Very nice Eric, I have a soft spot for Woodies (the ones at Titchwell are stupid tame) they have great subtle colour too!
That dark patch on the iris is common on most if not all Woodies, it's not a misshapen pupil, I do not know the current thinking on why it is like that though.
Posted by Guy Rogers on July 8, 2009 at 5:05 PM
Hello Eric.

Lovely datail and light on the one.

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Posted by Chris O'Reilly on July 8, 2009 at 7:02 PM
Partial to these myself, Eric . . . especially in a game pie! :biggrin:
Top behavioural shot - fantastic clarity, well executed and nicely timed.

Cheers,
Chris
Posted by Brett Lewis on July 8, 2009 at 7:35 PM
Really over looked but amazing birds nonetheless and well captured behaviour shot here..

Brett :toast:
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on July 9, 2009 at 2:12 AM
You have captured this one very well. Lovely close up. :smile:
Posted by eric weight on July 9, 2009 at 2:40 AM
It's interesting that this should not be a defect because I got shots of a youngster at the same time and its eye appears 'normal', which presumably means that this distortion in the pupil appears as they grow.
Thanks for the kind comments folks.

:wavey: Eric
Posted by Mark Green on July 10, 2009 at 4:55 AM
sure thats not a dodo. :confused:
Posted by David Taylor on July 11, 2009 at 2:46 PM
There are couple that graze my lawn quite regularly. I don't use chemicals on the lawn, preferring the daisies, dandelions, clover and cowslips that frequent it and so do the bees as well.

Excellent couple of images.

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