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Whitethroat singing

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Posted by Phil Shaw on June 15, 2010 at 2:05 PM
Whitethroat singing

Common Whitethroat (Sylvia communis) - male

Canon 1Ds Mk3, 600/f4 + 12mm extension tube + EF1.4x extender, WH2 + Gitzo 3530LSV, + off camera flash.
Manual exposure mode f11, 1/250, iso 160.
RAW image processed in Capture One; sharpened in Photoshop CS4, full frame.


I was pleased to get this shot without any hemlock stems crossing behind or in front of the subject (which is usually the case), and also to get a hit of pink in the chest feathers, but I don’t like the perch seeming to end in mid-air. I’ve never heard of these coming to feeders before, but I have several coming each day.
Posted by Paul Rosser on June 15, 2010 at 3:13 PM
A quality shot Phil!
Paul. :wavey:
Posted by Dave Courtenay on June 15, 2010 at 3:16 PM
Superb sharpness and clarity-Not the best of perches but certainly the clearest of white throat images

Dave :toast: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by John Robinson on June 15, 2010 at 3:58 PM
Very nice indeed ! Maybe a bit far to the right but no big deal
Coming to feeders you say? What sort of feeders.?
Cheers
JohnR
Posted by Shaun Boycott-Tayl on June 15, 2010 at 4:39 PM
Great image. Tad too far to right for me, nevertheless a fantastic capture. :toast: :toast:

Shaun :wavey:
Posted by Karen Summers on June 15, 2010 at 4:47 PM
lovely sharp image nice to see an image of one in the open like this
Posted by Rob Howard on June 15, 2010 at 5:20 PM
Hi Phil,

Ive been sitting and waiting for these little blighters, to sit on a clear perch, and they just dont seem to do it, so I really do take my hat off to you, another excellent image.

Regards

Rob
Posted by Paul King on June 15, 2010 at 5:50 PM
very nice and clear, good detail, slight run out of DOF, spoils a corker.
Posted by eric weight on June 16, 2010 at 2:47 AM
You can't ask for much more than that from a whitethroat shot and I can't see anything I don't like that you haven't mentioned yourself. Spot on.

:toast: eric
Posted by Austin Thomas on June 16, 2010 at 3:22 AM
A cracker Phil,

The background is great as well. I would suggest you darken the end of the perch just to take the harshness away.

I have noticed my locals are a little more obliging than usual. They don't seem as concerned with my presence as usual. Still no pictures though!

Cheers

Austin
Posted by Tim Munsey on June 16, 2010 at 3:33 AM
Wow, to get that close, super colours, I also want the bird to be a little more left in the frame.

Tim
Posted by Simon Litten on June 16, 2010 at 10:30 AM
Beautiful shot :toast: Great to see someone employing an extension tube and fieldcraft to get a frame filling shot instead of cropping (which has become the norm). Hats off to you.


Simon
Posted by Jeroen Stel on June 16, 2010 at 10:51 AM
Very clean shot with loads of detail.
Well done!

greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by Ian Butler on June 17, 2010 at 9:58 AM
Wow, nice and sharp. I think a touch more to the left would be better but this is a cracker of a shot. :toast:
Posted by Mark Green on June 17, 2010 at 3:02 PM
definately spot on, you dont see them out in the open that often.
Agree with comments, a touch more to the left. a definate cracker.

Cheers
Mark.g
Posted by Ian Haskell on June 18, 2010 at 5:50 PM
Great shot Phil. Position wise its pretty damn good for me...

Ian