Nature Photographers Network
This is the preserved archive of the original Nature Photographers Network. The community continues at naturephotographers.network.
Forums · UKNP

Dartford Warbler

Discussion

21 replies
Posted by Guy Rogers on July 19, 2009 at 10:42 AM
Dartford Warbler
Canon 40D, Sigma 300-800, f7.1, iso 200, 1/400, Tripod.

Cropped by about 30% for composition.
Posted by Justin on July 19, 2009 at 10:51 AM
Good one Guy. I like the pose.
:toast:
Posted by Graham Goddard on July 19, 2009 at 11:14 AM
A species I've been after for a very long time Guy and a cracking image :jump: :jump:
Posted by Fran French on July 19, 2009 at 1:13 PM
What a cracking shot Guy. That bird knows how to pose, the eye contact makes this very special! A real pleasure to view.

Fran
Posted by Craig Jones on July 19, 2009 at 1:15 PM
Beautiful portrait, lovely light across the bird,stunning detail :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Kim Connolly on July 19, 2009 at 1:29 PM
A beautiful composition, a lovely setting. I have tried for some time to get a DW in a situation like this but no luck. This really is splendid, especially the head. :toast:
Posted by Bob Cox on July 19, 2009 at 2:56 PM
Thats about as good as it gets , the eye , the heather, wonderful, but a tad more room on the right perhaps.

Bob.
Posted by Jeroen Stel on July 19, 2009 at 3:21 PM
Stunning shot of a bird i'd love to have in my files!
To bad we do not have them over here... :rolleyes:

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by David Sewell on July 19, 2009 at 3:29 PM
Lovely capture, that eye is fantastic.

David

:toast: :toast:
Posted by Jeremy on July 19, 2009 at 3:49 PM
Lovely shot, Guy. I was going to upload a shot of these I got recently, but perhaps I won't bother now. :biggrin:
Out of interest, what general part of the country was this taken in? We have a few on Gower now.
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on July 19, 2009 at 3:52 PM
Beautiful and very well composed image. The eye is great. :smile:
Posted by keith mitchell on July 19, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Guy that is stunning, bird and pose is great.


:toast: :toast:
Keith.
Posted by John Robinson on July 19, 2009 at 5:42 PM
Great portrait. Was this from a hide / or stalked
Cheers
johnR
Posted by Ian Haskell on July 19, 2009 at 7:08 PM
Nice shot. Nice sharpness through the majority of the image and a cracking pose.

Ian
Posted by Mike Smith on July 20, 2009 at 3:09 AM
Great shot.

For some 10 years the Berkshire/Hampshire heath populations have increased to quite healthy numbers, but last winter there was a population crash by some 80% or so, not sure if anyone else has noticed the same? where it was easy to see them the heaths are now devoid of birds.

A wintering great grey shrike at one of the main stes didn't help.... it was quite content catching and eating the Dartfords :frown:
Posted by Ian Mason on July 20, 2009 at 6:07 AM
Beautiful! That eye is incredible.
Posted by Guy Rogers on July 20, 2009 at 11:41 AM
Hello and thanks for your comments.

Hello Jeremy.

The Dartford Warbler was taken at Arne nature reserve close to Poole.

Hello John.

I spent two days a first watching and getting used to the singing call and there habits. Once I had got used to there voice it was not had to find them, but they dont stay still for very long. I also noticed they seemed to like the same perch for singing and would come back after a while. A hide was then used on one of the main paths, as the Warbler in the picture just happened to like this Gorse bush.

:wavey: :wavey: :wavey:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on July 20, 2009 at 12:10 PM


It's a cracker Guy, I spent a full week in Suffolk looking for one of these and came back empty handed, so very envious.

Andy...
Posted by eric weight on July 20, 2009 at 12:16 PM
Superb Guy, I found these all over the place on the hampshire/surrey border last year, but they are much harder to find this year as Mike has mentioned. They seemd to do a circuit around their terrirory and then come back every hour or so I found.
Got the big lens back then, looks pretty good here? No excuses now, you hardly need get out of bed to reach them anymore. :wink:
Top shot,
Eric :toast: :toast:
Posted by Magnus Hird on July 20, 2009 at 5:51 PM
Cracking shot Guy and like the insight into how you got it :smile:
Posted by David Kjaer on July 20, 2009 at 7:12 PM
Great pose, perch, lighting and BG!

David :toast: :toast:
Posted by PhilH on July 21, 2009 at 4:05 AM
Nice one... You know I live close to Dartford but never seen one :biggrin: :wink:

Great pose from this super bird....

:toast: :wavey: :toast: