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Male Stonechat

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Posted by Graeme Lee on June 13, 2006 at 6:51 PM
Male Stonechat
Taken at Aylesbeare Common in Devon a couple of weeks ago. Enjoyed watching the male and female singing to each other for a good 20 minutes.

All comments appreciated. BG hasn't compressed very well. Don't know why.

Graeme

techs:
1d2, 500/4 + 2x, ISO 200, 1/125th, F8, RAW, Cs2, C1
Posted by Tom Dodson on June 13, 2006 at 7:46 PM
Fab classic image. :toast:
Posted by Barrie Courtenay on June 14, 2006 at 2:33 AM
Stunning,superb,the best stonchat I've seen ......... :toast: :toast: :toast:

Barrie
Posted by Dave Courtenay on June 14, 2006 at 2:49 AM
A fine image with good detail-just shows that a 2x in good light can give sharp results :toast:
Posted by Tim Munsey on June 14, 2006 at 2:50 AM
Buckets of detail, the light looks just right for that, no battle of black head vs white bits here.
Great eye contact to boot.

:toast:

Tim
Posted by Justin on June 14, 2006 at 5:01 AM
An excellent portrait.
Tack sharp,full of detail,nice pose,perch and background. :toast: :toast:
Nicely processed too.

PS. Background looks fine and artefact free on my screen.
Posted by David Kjaer on June 14, 2006 at 6:53 AM
Hi Graeme

Fine shot especially with the x2 - BG looks fine to me!

David :toast:
Posted by Vincent Jones on June 14, 2006 at 5:11 PM
Fair play Graeme, you nailed this perfect in everyway, exposure is outstanding.

:toast:
Posted by Rene de Heer on June 15, 2006 at 7:35 AM
Very nice , maybe a bit too much dead space on top but that a matter of personal taste.You could have tried to put the bird higher in the frame...if at all possible, but its a very nice image
Rene de Heer