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Cuban Pewee & my second year on TN


Cuban Pewee & my second year on TN
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Copyright: Mario Olteanu (Mariol) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 159 W: 10 N: 1173] (5132)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-08-04
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 1D Mark III, Canon 100-400L 4.5-5.6 IS USM
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/6400 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): CeltickRanger's favorite Bird photos -3- [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2009-02-01 19:06
Viewed: 929
Points: 34
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Today it has been two Years since my first posting. Thank you all for your comments, critics and encouragements or just for looking at my pictures.

From my last summer holiday in Cuba - an uncomon bird in a rather uncomon pose for you all my friends on TN

Cuban Pewee
Contopus caribaeusOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Cuban Pewee: Small flycatcher, gray upperparts, dark gray head with bushy crest and white crescent behind eye, and pale yellow underparts. Wings are dark with two faint bars. Upper mandible is black while lower mandible is yellow. Legs and feet are black. Feeds mostly on small insects.

Range and Habitat
Cuban Pewee: Resident of northern Bahamas and Cuba; inhabits pine forests, woods, forest edges, tree plantations, brushy scrub, swamp edges, and mangroves.
(From "What Bird.com")

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3315 W: 148 N: 6113] (18648)
  • [2009-02-01 19:33]

Hello Mario
This is a good photo of the Cuban Pewee - excellent pose - it looks quite funny as it takes off from the twig.
I bet you were thrilled to take such a photo like this.
Very good focus, and with sharp details too,
TFS
Janice

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  • nagraj Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 566 W: 94 N: 1194] (4870)
  • [2009-02-01 22:02]

hi mario,
congrats!
very good timing to capture this bird taking off here, fine details and colors. tfs.
nagraj.v

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  • zetu Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 645 W: 15 N: 1580] (6173)
  • [2009-02-01 22:02]

Hi Mario
Nice capture with great action, gode details and natural colors.
Regards.
Razvan

Hi Mario,

WOW! Excellent shot, taken right at the take-off time with the wings open. Love the sharpness as well. TFS.

Regards,
Sowmya

Hi Mario,
Wonderful photo, superb details and colors, good timing.
Best whishes,
Gabi

Hello Mario,
Congratulations on your second anniversary in TN.
Fantastic capture of the cuban Pewee taking off.
Excellent focus, sharpness and POV.Perfect timing.
TFS & Regards,
Smitha.

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2386 W: 94 N: 5517] (17564)
  • [2009-02-02 2:17]

Hello Mario,
A wonderful photo to celebrate your second year on TN. Congratulations. Fantastic timing. What a pose!
Sharpness and colours are excellent.
And up it goes for the next few years!
Regards,
Peter

Hi Mario,
Congratulations for the 2nd Anniversary. Very good capture of this Cuban Pewee on take off; great POV and composition, sharp fine details and beautiful colours.
TFS
Pekka

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  • eliz Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 167 W: 22 N: 269] (1535)
  • [2009-02-02 2:58]

great action shoot. the ascending bird position is very beautiful

Hello Mario,
Congrats on your second anniversary.
Good take off shot. Well composed. I like the square aspect ratio and the bird triangle in the image.
TFS
Annick

Very nice photograph. Well caught :)

Quite a nice action picture for your 2nd anniversary on TN
I hoped you already signed for a couple of more years
Yours friendly
Patrick

hello Mario

Congratulations on your second TN anniversary,
you did a superb photography of this Cuban bird
on his take-off, excellent timing to shoot the photo,
wih fine POV and framing, beautiful luminosity,
gret sharpness and details, and the catch-light
render the photo always more beautiful, TFS

Asbed

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  • pvs Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1168 W: 261 N: 3035] (13835)
  • [2009-02-02 8:13]

Hi Mario,

Congratiulations with your 2nd anniversary,A superb capture,just when taking off,excellent focus and detail,tfs

Paul

perfect moment, nice catch
Martin

That's a wonderful dancer, so elegant, so beautiful.
Hi Mario, you show us such a lovely moment, I like it so much, thanks and greetings
Sabine - wishnugaruda

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  • efsus Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 436 W: 10 N: 737] (3208)
  • [2009-02-02 11:48]

Merhaba Mario,
Bir kuş fotoğrafında en sevdiğim bir pozu yakalamışsın. TN deki ikinci yılınızı da kutluyorum. Tebrikler.

Hüseyin

Hello Mario,
Congratulations on 2 years and a wonderful in flight
capture, fantastic timing and exposure time, beautiful
vivid colors and nice clarity, excellent compo and pov, superb sharpness and depth of field, the detail in those wings is incrdible, very well done.
TFS
Angela

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