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Cape White Eye


Cape White Eye
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Copyright: Japie Venter (japie) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1814 W: 100 N: 1904] (5187)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-10-22
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 300D, Sigma 170-500mm APO, Digital ISO 400, Skylight
Exposure: f/11.4, 1/200 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes (Fill) Flash: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): 50 points or more - 50 puntos o más, Birds of Southern Africa, Photographer's favourite II, 5 favs. and up - PART 2 [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-01-28 7:09
Viewed: 3524
Favorites: 5 [view]
Points: 62
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
I took this Cape White Eye in the Somerset West nature reserve. It was early morning and their was a hustle and bustle as the birds were feeding in the fresh early morning air.

More about the Cape White Eye

A small very active yellowish bird with a white ring around the eye. Size 12cm - smaller than a sparrow. Afrikaans: Kaapse Glasogie

The bill of the White-eye is straight, short and slender. The bill is blackish with a blue-grey base to the lower mandible. The legs and feet are bluish-grey. The eye is brown and there is a solid, fairly prominent, white ring around the eye. The upperparts are greyish-green. The throat and undertail are yellow. The rest of the underparts vary in colour depending on region, from greenish yellow with green wash on the breast, to whitish with rufous-pink flanks.

A common and familiar bird which is present in a variety of habitats including gardens, parks, forest, woodland, riverine bush and exotic plantations.

It is usually seen in pairs or in small quick moving parties, which move through the foliage, calling all the time. They search trees and shrubs thoroughly, often from ground level to the canopy, searching for small insects.

The diet consists of small insects, spiders, nectar, fruit, and flower petals. They are quite regular visitors to bird tables, where they will take fruit, sugar or jam.

They are very vocal, and constantly keep in touch with soft trilled pee, pree or pirreee callnotes. The song consists of repeated long jerky prhases of sweet reedy notes, varying in pitch, volume and temp, usually starting off with teee teee or pirrup pirrup notes, then becoming a fast rambled jumble of notes, which may incorporate mimicked phrases of other birdcalls.

Cape White-eyes nest mainly from October to December. The nest is a small thin-walled cup of fine grass, stems, roots, hair and strands of lichen, bound together with spider webs and lined with plant down of feathers.

It is suspended by rim from thin horizontal fork of shrub, bush or tree.

The camera settings:

Focal Length: 500mm
F Stop: F/11
Shutter Speed: 1/200
ISO: 400
Tripod: Yes
Flash: Yes
Reflective Panel: No
Cable release: No
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Very good composition, colours fit very well to the BG.
Very well done.
TFS.

A really crisp image Japie, the colours of the flower add a lot of interest to this already pretty image. Nice Picture!

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  • azulu Gold Star Critiquer [C: 111 W: 0 N: 75] (374)
  • [2005-01-28 7:37]

Very nice shot Japie. Good compositios whith nice colours and sharpness. The bird's eyes are very interesting. Good job in another grat shot.

Congratulations

Alexandre

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  • PDP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2964 W: 366 N: 3848] (11755)
  • [2005-01-28 8:23]

Very good capture Japie, the eye is a teeny bit soft in focus, but apart from that it's perfect. Well done.

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2830 W: 75 N: 8024] (26861)
  • [2005-01-28 8:32]

Excellent Japie! Great composition with bird and flower, both very colorful. Strange eye - like eye of voodoo priest :-) Great work!

Skitterend Japie.
These guys are difficult to capture as they are always on the move. This is a masterpiece and needless to say, I'll turn green everytime I see it in my favourites.

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  • Sneza Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 96 W: 30 N: 16] (672)
  • [2005-01-28 9:14]

Beautiful photo.
I like POV and composition, very nice details.
Good colors, sharpness and DOF.
Nice shot and note.

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  • miqra Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 140 W: 3 N: 23] (151)
  • [2005-01-28 9:33]

Japie this is poster/calendar quality, you are a pro, I love the way the colors blend on this shot, very well done!

"oh grandma, what big eyes you have " :)
he is very pretty with his eye makeup. Good details, sharp, nice colours matching the BG.

Well done
Groenis
Elize

Great shot Japie.
I like the it, it's beautiful.
Great POC, composition, colours and very good details.
Very good and information note like usual.
Great work.
TFS

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  • carper Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2165 W: 124 N: 2567] (8208)
  • [2005-01-28 11:57]

Prachtige foto Japie,
Schitterende kleuren, blauw, groen, geel, very good, grate composition, very good pof and fantastic dof, I like it a lot.Great job

Beautiful picture, Japie. Beautiful colors, the bird as well as the flower and BG. DOF perfect. And your note very instructive. Great work.

Great capture of this little birdie - a birdie with a taste for pretty flowers, no less ;-)) Good sharpness, POV and colours, clean bg.

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  • Lesley Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 297 W: 13 N: 913] (2988)
  • [2005-01-28 19:48]

Perfectly gorgeous, Japie. It is your usual high standard that keeps me striving to be better.

Absolutely superb. Everything is perfect: POV, light, sharpness, BG, colors... And i have never seen this bird before. TFS.

A beautiful capture. The color and detail are great. I think this is a great job.

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3452 W: 144 N: 5895] (17468)
  • [2005-01-29 4:12]

This is a good shot of the White-Eye, Japie. He looks long and slender. Good compo and pose on the flower stalk. Well done.
We have similar ones in NZ but unfortunately my cat likes these little fellows!

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  • Callie Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1252 W: 106 N: 2659] (7495)
  • [2005-01-29 10:00]

When can I come for classes - he has been alluding me for years now - very nice shot, he is nearly double his real size on my screen. Well done in a big way on a small birdie.
Pragtige foto, Japie.

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  • sev Silver Star Critiquer [C: 25 W: 0 N: 0] (56)
  • [2005-01-30 4:02]

very great colours and composition. very nice shot japie !

What a beauty. Perfect, Japie. The poase the light and the flower adds up nicely. Great shot.!

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  • pompey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 205 W: 4 N: 780] (2762)
  • [2005-01-30 17:06]

Lovely colourful shot Japie, great background and DOF.
A beautiful bird.
Great note too.

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  • mumek Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 121 W: 0 N: 183] (833)
  • [2005-01-30 17:44]

Very artistic composition with wonderful colors and details.Super capture.Congratulations.Very interesting note.
ziggy

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  • deud Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 500 W: 2 N: 466] (2121)
  • [2005-01-31 6:20]

lovely image. very real. i can feel the wind breeze an hear his song!

What a cracker Japie! Beautiful colours in this shot and so sharp. The bird is nicely isolated from the BG which lifts it from the screen. Super post.

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  • Luc Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2058 W: 315 N: 4404] (14713)
  • [2005-02-01 19:10]

Simply a delectable picture, Japie. My eyes say thank you... and my brain and my heart too.

Magic shot Japie. The POV is awesome. It has given the opportunity to capture a well detailed image. Sharpness and DoF are, as always simply superb. TFS

Hi
Very good composition
Great POC
good details
nice shot

That's a very good picture. The colours and the composition are Excellent.
The only little problem is the sharpness.
Are you happy with your 170-500 (I've ordered one two days ago) !

It's a great picture, nice colors, the lighting is also very good, as is the DOF. Excellent work !

Is that real?? Or its a Paint.

Very nice, first time i see it.
Thanks for share.

I really like these colors very much!

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