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*Creeping in the grass*


*Creeping in the grass*
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Copyright: Thorsten Buchen (thor68) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 792 W: 138 N: 1312] (5642)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-12-14
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS USM, SanDisk Ultra II 2GB, Hoya 77mm UV
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/320 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-12-16 9:58
Viewed: 559
Points: 10
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Yeah, not so good shot, but i liked the Tree Creeper
creeping on the ground - something different for once.

As it was a nice sunny sunday afternoon i took my
favorite combination (40D + 100-400) out for a walk
to my next door Bluecher Park.
Actually i was "hunting" my winter gulls, but this nice
passerine crossed my path.

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The Short-toed Treecreeper, Certhia
brachydactyla, is a small passerine bird found in
woodlands through much of the warmer regions of Europe
and into north Africa. It has a generally more
southerly distribution than the other European
treecreeper species, the Common Treecreeper, with
which it is easily confused where they both occur.
Short-toed Treecreeper tends to prefer deciduous trees
and lower altitudes than its relative in these overlap
areas. Although mainly sedentary, vagrants have
occurred outside the breeding range.

Short-toed Treecreeper is one of a group of four very
similar Holarctic treecreepers, including the closely
related North American Brown Creepers, and has five
subspecies differing in appearance and song. Like
other treecreepers, Short-toed is inconspicuously
plumaged brown above and whitish below, and has a
curved bill and stiff tail feathers. It is a resident
in woodlands throughout its range, and nests in tree
crevices or behind bark flakes, laying about six eggs.
This common, unwary, but inconspicuous species feeds
mainly on insects which are picked from the tree trunk
as the treecreeper ascends with short hops.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-toed_Treecreeper

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Kameramodell Canon EOS 40D
Firmware Firmware Version 1.0.8
Aufnahmedatum/-zeit 14.12.2008 13:23:50
Aufnahmemodus P (Programmautomatik)
Tv (Verschlusszeit) 1/320
Av (Blendenzahl) 6.3
Messmodus Mehrfeldmessung
Belichtungskorrektur 0
Filmempfindlichkeit (ISO) 640
Objektiv EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
Brennweite 400.0 mm
Bildgröße 3888x2592
Bildqualität Fein
Blitz Aus
Weißabgleich Automatisch
AF-Betriebsart One-Shot AF
Bildstil Landschaft
Schärfe 4
Kontrast 0
Farbsättigung 0
Farbton 0
Farbraum sRGB
Rauschreduzierung bei Langzeitbelichtung 2:Ein
High ISO Rauschreduzierung 1:Ein
Tonwert Priorität 1:Möglich
Dateigröße 3376 KB
Staublöschungsdaten Nein
Transportart Reihenaufnahme mit hoher Geschwindigkeit
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Hi Thorsten,
It usually hapens to em, you leave with one idea in mind, and then an unsuspected subject arises and becomes a pleasant surprise.
Good profile capture of the T. Creeper, in which we can appreciate his long beak and form.
DOF helped to isolate properly the subject from the grasses around.
Well done and thanks for share.
My best regards,
JM

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3581 W: 143 N: 5669] (18529)
  • [2008-12-16 21:48]

Hi Thorsten.
Very cute bird picture with precise DOF. You managed to produce crisp sharp image of the cute bird. Exposure and details of the birdy are really wonderful. Smooth FG and BG are looked nicely too. TFS and best wishes.
Alexei.

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  • horia Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2169 W: 218 N: 4382] (14898)
  • [2008-12-17 1:39]

Hi Thor

Nice to see you here again, old friend! I hope you've been ok :)
This is indeed something we don't see everyday, so even if he quality isn't the absolute best, it's still nice to have this in the gallery.
Your subject - the Short-toed Treecreeper - is nicely presented here in this harsh light, but from an excellent side POV so that we can see that interesting long and curved beak of his.
The DOF is also good and blurs the FG and the BG nicely.

Bravo and TFS
Horia

PS: interested in joining a larger group of TN members in out meeting next year? :)

hi Thor.
Good capture and interesting that it is on the ground and not on a tree.
ciao
Giacomo

Thorsten,
GREAT IMAGERY, my friend.
Loved the notes too.

NEWS.
Am going to get the Canon EOS Mark II Kit with EF 24-105mm f/4L IS very very soon.
Regards from Canada... you know who!!!

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