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Backlit ???

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Posted by Paul Rosser on March 18, 2012 at 12:34 PM
Backlit ???
High everyone, Just got back from helping out my Wife with her Mother in Gower. Went out earlyish on Sat morning to look for the Wild Ponies, I went to all my usual haunts, and no sign of them, so I decided to park up, and wait to see what happened, after seeing and hearing a Skylark. It took a while :mad: :biggrin: , but using my car as a hide I got some shots of this little Bird, it was a long way off, and I'm not sure what it is, but my guess is a Female Whinchat? I can't be sure, any help please? Also, this is my 1st post with my new Monitor, so any feedback with colour calibration would be greatly appreciated!!
Regards
Paul Rosser. :wavey:

Canon EOS 7D
Canon 400mm 'L'
Beanbag
Car as Hide
1/800 sec
ISO 160
f5.6
Processed in Lightroom 4 & CS4
Posted by Rene de Heer on March 18, 2012 at 12:40 PM
It is a Winchat. I like the setting but I find the bird a bit lost in the image.
Rene de Heer
Posted by Paul Rosser on March 18, 2012 at 12:44 PM
Hi Rene, thankyou for the ID, and for you're critique, it was a long way off, but an opportunity nonetheless.
Regards,
Paul Rosser. :wavey:
Posted by Oscar Dewhurst on March 18, 2012 at 2:54 PM
I quite like it Paul, but am fairly positive that it's a female Stonechat. Female Whinchats have a light-coloured stripe over the eye

Oscar :wavey:
Posted by keith mitchell on March 18, 2012 at 3:13 PM
Paul this is the sort of shot i like,small bird in it's habitat tells how it is.
The light patch over the eye says Whinchat to me,but don't bet your life on it

Keith. :smile:
Posted by Guy Rogers on March 18, 2012 at 3:35 PM
Hello Paul.

Lovely habitat shot and the bird is nicely placed in the frame.

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Posted by Rene de Heer on March 18, 2012 at 3:53 PM
If you zoom into the image it shows the light eyebrow...sorry Oscar but I still think it's a Whinchat....but of course if I am wrong I stand corrected!
Rene
Posted by John Robinson on March 18, 2012 at 4:13 PM
Is it not a bit early for Winchat ?
I always remember them as late comers. Could be global warming. :biggrin:
JR
Posted by Nick Mckeown on March 18, 2012 at 4:36 PM
Paul, I am going to sit on the fence and say it is a lovely habitat shot of a chat!

Nick. :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :smile: :wavey:
Posted by Paul Whippey on March 18, 2012 at 4:53 PM
Nice habitat shot Paul. Works better in the large version I think.

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Posted by Neil Burton on March 18, 2012 at 4:54 PM
Looks fine, as for the bird it is definitely of the species Birdus Flyus. :razz:
Posted by David Sewell on March 18, 2012 at 6:19 PM
Very difficult to distinguish between female stonechat and whinchat from this distance, but to me the supercillary stripe looks too short for whinchat. It would also be remarkably early, whinchats normally arrive from the third week of April onwards, so my money is on stonechat.


David
Posted by Rene de Heer on March 19, 2012 at 3:06 AM
I think that Oscar, John, David are indeed right. Too early for Whinchats, so it can only be Stonechat.
Well done chaps!
Rene de Heet
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on March 19, 2012 at 5:08 AM
I also think this is a female Stonechat. Nice shot, but I think the bird is a bit lost in the image. :wavey:
Posted by David Taylor on March 19, 2012 at 8:38 AM
I haven't a clue what it is, apart from the fact it's a bird, :eek: but I quite like the image.

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Posted by Robert Lawrence on March 19, 2012 at 9:07 AM
I do like small in the environment but on this one Paul I think it's just a bit too small. Nice lighting though.