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Black Redstart

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Posted by tony flashman on March 2, 2010 at 3:37 PM
Black Redstart
Taken at the beach down the road from me...

Nikon D300
Nikon 300mm f2.8 +1.7tc

800th sec
f7.1
400 iso
hand held
image = approx 75% of frame
Posted by Paul Rosser on March 2, 2010 at 3:39 PM
Great shot, well done!
Regards,
Paul. :wavey:
Posted by Fran French on March 2, 2010 at 3:46 PM
Ooh very nice Tony, think I would be tempted to crop a tad off the bottom, but never the less a superb image of a bird we scarcely see on here, or anywhere for that matter, Nice one!

Fran :toast: :toast: :wavey: :wavey: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Paul King on March 2, 2010 at 3:46 PM
Nicely caught Tony. :toast:
Posted by Craig Nash on March 2, 2010 at 3:55 PM
I have a female wintering within five miles of me and was a lifer when i saw it. This is Lovely. i am undecided as to a crop or not. i think probably leave as is.
Posted by Karen Summers on March 2, 2010 at 4:05 PM
nice shot as for the crop I think it works
Posted by David Sewell on March 2, 2010 at 4:06 PM
Class shot, Tony, and handheld as well. Great stuff.

David
Posted by John Robinson on March 2, 2010 at 4:31 PM
Looks good to me.
JR
Posted by Dave Bartlett on March 2, 2010 at 5:45 PM
Excellent - really like the match of the colours between the bird and the rock :toast:
Posted by Ian Macdermott on March 2, 2010 at 5:46 PM
Hi Tony,

not too much wrong with that :toast:
Posted by John Chapman on March 3, 2010 at 4:58 AM
Hi Tony, what a great capture and the surroundings suit the bird. :toast:
Posted by Craig Jones on March 3, 2010 at 5:38 AM
Beautiful image,made even better with the habitat shown :wink: stunning looking birds,composition is spot on,love the texture+colours of the rock that blend so well with the bird,wonderful image Tony :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Brett Lewis on March 3, 2010 at 7:21 AM
Very nice indeed.. Not bad for in excess of 100 hours and not to mention the mileage up and down the hill and to think you could easily walk it as well..! LOL! :biggrin: (here comes the story about the car as a hide, I know.. doh!).. In all seriousness, the best yet from the set you've shown me and it will be a matter of time before you get exactly what you're after..

Brett :toast:
Posted by Rene de Heer on March 3, 2010 at 1:20 PM
Great image. Not a very easy bird to take pictures off.
Rene de Heer
Posted by David Kjaer on March 3, 2010 at 5:33 PM
Don't see these birds too often - lovely image the rock and BG colour compliment the bird well!

David :toast:
Posted by Jeff Harrison on March 4, 2010 at 4:15 AM
A beautiful image Tony - spot on in every respect :toast: :toast:
Posted by Tom_W on March 4, 2010 at 7:52 AM
Very nice indeed. Not a species we see on this forum a lot. I would be tempted to just do a wee bit of shadows work on the head to bring out a bit more detail; that said it could also be this monitor not displaying correctly :biggrin:

T