There were a lot more of these about on Saturday but hard to get on a branch or perch. Most were landing on the ground. This is one of a few I managed to get on a branch. C & C welcome as always.
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Posted by Paul King on February 23, 2010 at 5:43 PM
The duller tones in this really make for a nice shot, well done
Posted by John Robinson on February 23, 2010 at 5:47 PM
That's good !
JohnR
Posted by Karen Summers on February 23, 2010 at 5:52 PM
nice shot Maggie good you got him on a branch as they always like to be on the ground feeding
Posted by Major Gilbert on February 23, 2010 at 6:03 PM
As Paul says Maggie the tonal colours to this give it a nice feel.
More oftens than not these birds are depicted as been an alarming bright yellow.
Nice one.
Major.
Posted by Tim Taylor on February 24, 2010 at 2:22 AM
Nicely lit and an attractive head turn.
Tim
Posted by Cliff Young on February 24, 2010 at 3:31 AM
Nice capture, Maggie, although he looks a bit sad to me - maybe someone else a bit fed up with the winter. Slightly distracted by the light oof background in the centre of the image.
Posted by Mark Green on February 24, 2010 at 4:02 AM
great pic. nice catch lights. your so lucky !! i havent seen any for months around here.
Mark.G
Posted by John Chapman on February 24, 2010 at 4:16 AM
Hi Maggie, great capture and well presented.
Posted by Mark Davies on February 24, 2010 at 5:11 AM
nicely presented image .The BG needs at a tadge of smoothing and the leaf top right wants removing ,nice catchlight and well done for getting the bird on a perch .
Posted by David Sewell on February 24, 2010 at 5:19 AM
I haven't seen any for ages either. Good image, but personally the frame does not do a lot for me.
David
Posted by Nigel Blake on February 24, 2010 at 5:47 AM
A nice well exposed image with good colour, however a slightly tighter crop (top and left to lose the OOF greeb/brown stem) would improve it in my opinion.
The twig the Yellowhammer is perched on looks like it should have the bottom end at the top, rare in nature that they are thinner lower down!
Posted by David Taylor on February 24, 2010 at 7:49 AM
Very nice, Maggie. All I get round here worth photographing, ornithologically speaking, is an Amazonian parrot, still going strong, despite the weather.
Posted by Brian Davis on February 24, 2010 at 10:36 AM
Thanks everyone for your comments.
Trust hawkeye Davis to spot the tiny leaf - I hadn't even seen it
David S the frame mightn't do a lot for you but I thought it looked okay on the bird
Nigel the reason for the upside down branch was probably because I took the shot standing on my head
Strong diagonals make for an interesting but effective comp though I'd be tempted to take a bit off the bottom so that the branch goes from corner to corner. Just a thought, my only one today!
Cheers
Andy
Posted by Ian Haskell on February 24, 2010 at 6:57 PM
nits covered. Very nice bird with good details.
Ian
Posted by Paul Hobson on February 25, 2010 at 10:16 AM
Discussion
17 repliesD300
300mm f2.8
1/1600s
f7.1
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ISO 400
Tripod
JohnR
More oftens than not these birds are depicted as been an alarming bright yellow.
Nice one.
Major.
Tim
Mark.G
David
The twig the Yellowhammer is perched on looks like it should have the bottom end at the top, rare in nature that they are thinner lower down!
Trust hawkeye Davis to spot the tiny leaf - I hadn't even seen it
David S the frame mightn't do a lot for you but I thought it looked okay on the bird
Nigel the reason for the upside down branch was probably because I took the shot standing on my head
Strong diagonals make for an interesting but effective comp though I'd be tempted to take a bit off the bottom so that the branch goes from corner to corner. Just a thought, my only one today!
Cheers
Andy
Ian
Paul