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Stonechat

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Posted by Robert Lawrence on October 8, 2009 at 9:18 AM
Stonechat
I took this whilst on the way back to the car after photographing the seals. Quite an obliging little chap, he actually waited for me to put the tripod down and get two shots before flying out of range.
500mm
1/500 @f5.7
iso 400
cropped from a horizontal image.
Posted by CARL_M on October 8, 2009 at 9:40 AM
A cracking little shot, well seen and taken.
Posted by Rob Fisher on October 8, 2009 at 9:46 AM
The subtle tones in the background make this shot me. I also like the framing of the gorse in the forground.

I may be tempted to remove the two extra stems from the flower head just to smarten up the perch.

Excellent image.
Posted by Edwin kats on October 8, 2009 at 10:18 AM
a bit more contrat maybe? But I like it the way it is.

Lovely shot.

Edwin Kats
Posted by David Kjaer on October 8, 2009 at 2:48 PM
Hi Robert

Nice setting and colours as Rob said might be worth removing a few bits from the stem - nice image!

David :toast:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on October 8, 2009 at 3:47 PM

Lovely image Robert, smart little bird too.

Andy...
Posted by John Robinson on October 8, 2009 at 6:20 PM
Looks ok . A little contrast up or gamma down might help .
Cheers
JR
Posted by Ian Mason on October 8, 2009 at 6:22 PM
I've been chasing these for a while and would be delighted to get one as good as this. You could try any or all of the suggestions already made, but I like it as is. Personally, I would take a little from the top.