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Gold crest

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Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on March 31, 2006 at 10:49 AM
Taken yesterday in the park again we seem to have quite good numbers at the moment, today there was about 16 or so that I managed to see in 3 little groups. Perhaps there is a shortage of insect life at the moment but I have them coming down to the feeders which I found very unusual.

Phillip.

Nikon D2X
Focal Length: 800mm
Color Mode: Mode II (Adobe RGB)
2006/03/30 13:01:29.0
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
White Balance: Color Temp. (5300 K)
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern
AF Mode: AF-C
1/60 sec - F/8
Exposure Comp.: -0.3 EV
Lens: 800mm F/5.6 D
Sensitivity: ISO 200

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Posted by Antony on March 31, 2006 at 1:08 PM
Love it.

Perhaps the shortage of insects is leading to it having that sad looking little face!

Regards
Posted by Dave Courtenay on March 31, 2006 at 1:22 PM
Must be one of the most difficult birds to get an image of,all you need is to clone out the twig running along the bottom and you have avery nice portrait,Agree that he does look a little sad :toast:
Posted by Justin on March 31, 2006 at 1:53 PM
Superb and I'm very envious as I'd love to get such a good,clean shot of one of these cute little birds.



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Posted by Vincent Jones on March 31, 2006 at 2:52 PM
A very difficult bird to capture as Dave mentioned, cracking shot & one to be pleased of getting IMO.

Nice one Phillip:toast:
Posted by Rob Howard on March 31, 2006 at 4:11 PM
Hi Phillip,

A very nice image of a difficult species to capture. Would agree on cloning out the oof twig :wink:

Regards

Rob
Posted by PhilH on April 3, 2006 at 3:25 AM
Difficult one to get... very well done, agree with the cloning suggestions.

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Posted by Rob Chace on April 3, 2006 at 4:40 AM
Any shot of one of these is an accomplishment on its own, this however is great! (Very envious!!!!!)
Rob :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Colin Pickett on April 3, 2006 at 2:10 PM
Excellent shot Phillip, that's got to be twice full size. :toast:

Regards
Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on April 3, 2006 at 3:00 PM
Hi thank you all for taking the time to look and comment, here is the image with the small twig cloned out as suggested.

Phillip.

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Posted by Jeremy on April 3, 2006 at 6:24 PM
Greta job catching such a tiny bird, and against such a complementary background, too. Good job with the cloning!