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Golden oriole

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Posted by Rene de Heer on June 12, 2006 at 3:31 PM
Golden oriole
I have just returned from a 4 day bird photography trip to Eastern europe and in my book this has been one of the best trip i have ever done.

The highlight was photographing Golden oriole. In my book one of the most difficult european bird species to photograph. They always spend most if not all of their time high up in the canopy of trees. So in order to photograph them there was only one thing to do; get up there with them!

Nikon D2X/Nikon 200-400VR/1.4 converter/Gitzo 1325/Black Widow

Rene de Heer
Posted by Justin on June 12, 2006 at 3:59 PM
Hi Rene,

Pleased to hear you've had a rewarding trip :cool:

This is a species I'm not familiar with so I can't appreciate just how tricky they are to get good shots of,but what a cracking result you've got here.

A stunning shot in beautiful light of a gorgeous looking species.

:toast: :toast:

Very much look forward to seeing some more images from your trip.
Posted by Colin Pickett on June 12, 2006 at 4:14 PM
Hi Rene
A beautiful colourful bird, :toast: how did you use your tripod up a tree? :biggrin:
Sounds like you had a great trip.

Regards
Posted by Tim Munsey on June 12, 2006 at 4:16 PM
Aye love to see you and tripod up a tree, a magnificant capture reminds me of some illustration from a great museum book.

:toast: :toast: :toast:

Tim
Posted by Dave Courtenay on June 12, 2006 at 5:26 PM
Stunning image-A beautiful bird to look and listen to,Have only seen them in India-Look forward to more :toast: :toast:
Posted by Antony on June 12, 2006 at 6:10 PM
Nice shot. Isaw one of these at my primary school in Norfolk about 32 - 34 years ago.

Looks a little soft though?

Regards
Posted by John Varley on June 12, 2006 at 6:44 PM
Cracking shot Rene of a spectacular bird.

John
Posted by Rene de Heer on June 13, 2006 at 1:23 AM
Added a bit more USM.
Rene de Heer
Posted by PhilH on June 13, 2006 at 3:38 AM
Cracking looking bird, and I am guessing not an easy one to photograph... I think the softness is down to shake, either excitment :wink: or most probably because of the difficulties involved the camera support wasn't set to its most stable, its difficult to say as you don't give exposure details.

But it is a great shot to get and I can understand why it was a highlight of your trip.

Nice
:toast: :toast:
Posted by Mike Smith on June 13, 2006 at 8:06 AM
The bill and eye look pin sharp to me, the body and feet are slightly OOF thats all?

Fantastic capture, only a few sites in UK where these breed nowadays with the bulk in East Anglia - definately a case of going to Europe if you want to photograph one!

Mike
Posted by Antony on June 13, 2006 at 11:00 AM
The new image looks a little over sharpened? Background now looks grainy. It's a great bird to see so maybe a job for selective sharpening. Looks as though that should be fairly easy given the background to the bird and branch.

Or I could be wrong.

Regards :smile:
Posted by Nick on June 13, 2006 at 4:51 PM
Pretty bird, pity that they aren't so common in the uk now :frown:.