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Posted by Simon Litten on April 13, 2010 at 11:42 AM
Blackbird
Canon 1dIII 500mm +1.4x f7.1 1/800 iso500 Tripod


Hi all

As is my want, I've been spending quite a lot of time crawling around my local churchyard in pursuit of the resident blackbirds. They've been great fun to work with and very acceptant of my presence as they go about their business of worm charming, often feeding two foot from my lens (I've tried explaining to them about minimum focus distances but they just don't get it :biggrin: )

Lots more on blog.

Simon
Posted by David Sewell on April 13, 2010 at 11:52 AM
No nits from me, beautiful, classic image.

David
Posted by Ron McCombe on April 13, 2010 at 12:39 PM
Lovely image Simon, I like the fabulous yellow background

Ron
Posted by Karen Summers on April 13, 2010 at 1:26 PM
thats a lovely image great exposure
Posted by Mark Green on April 13, 2010 at 2:04 PM
Really Nice image, and so well exposed too, the detail in the feathers is great.
its so difficult to take a good picture of these birds, but you have nailed it.

Cheers
Mark.G
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on April 13, 2010 at 2:06 PM
Wonderful image with a very nice background. :smile:
Posted by John Robinson on April 13, 2010 at 2:08 PM
Spot on !
JR
Posted by Andy Gregory on April 13, 2010 at 2:11 PM
A great shot Simon :toast:
Posted by Phil Shaw on April 13, 2010 at 2:26 PM
Nice feather detail. They not be taking instruction about mfd, but they are certainly going through their posing routine for you :wink: Excellent backgound colour and texture.
Posted by Philip Newman on April 13, 2010 at 2:32 PM
Excellent Simon, a common bird we see so rarely photographed as well as this. :toast: :toast:


Phil Newman
Posted by Paul Rosser on April 13, 2010 at 2:56 PM
A lovely image of a much neglected bird(photography wise).
Regards,
Paul. :wavey:
Posted by David Taylor on April 13, 2010 at 3:32 PM
They are a pain eating all my earthworms then pecking at my apples and pears, but life wouldn't be the same without them. :eek: :smile: An excellent image.

:toast: :toast: :jump:
Posted by Ian Mason on April 13, 2010 at 3:36 PM
Excellent in every way!
Posted by Robert Lawrence on April 13, 2010 at 3:55 PM
Best blackbird shot I've seen in a long while. A beauty.
Posted by Craig Jones on April 13, 2010 at 6:10 PM
Beautiful,handsome bird :wink: love the composition and the lighting brins out the colours of the bird wonderfully :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Dave Bartlett on April 14, 2010 at 3:39 AM
Excellent detail in a classic image; spot on blacks :toast:
Posted by Rob Ashton on April 14, 2010 at 8:59 AM
It's all been said.....excellent, especially the complimentary background colour.

Rob :toast:
Posted by Guy Rogers on April 14, 2010 at 1:00 PM
Hello Simon.

Stunning portrait and setting.

:wavey: :wavey: :wavey:
Posted by David Kjaer on April 14, 2010 at 5:00 PM
Hi Simon

A common bird captured beautifully!

David

:toast: :toast:
Posted by Ian Haskell on April 14, 2010 at 7:17 PM
Nice shot...you have several good ones on your blog too. Purrfect.

Ian