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warming myself in the sun ...


warming myself in the sun ...
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Copyright: Wishnu Garuda (wishnugaruda) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2580 W: 181 N: 4077] (16806)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-01-13
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 350D, Sigma 100-300 F4 APO
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/125 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Birds in my garden [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-02-05 4:11
Viewed: 1073
Points: 50
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
In today's post you can see an European Greenfinch, or just Greenfinch, Carduelis chloris.
It is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.

This bird is widespread throughout Europe, north Africa and south west Asia. It is mainly resident, but some northernmost populations migrate further south.

Woodland edges, farmland hedges and gardens with relatively thick vegetation are favoured for breeding. It nests in trees or bushes, laying 3-8 eggs.

This species can form large flocks outside the breeding season, sometimes mixing with other finches and buntings. They feed largely on seeds, but also feed their young insects.

The Greenfinch is 14-16 cm in length and is similar in size and shape to a Chaffinch, but is mainly green, with yellow in the wings and tail. The female and young birds are duller and have brown tones on the back. The bill is thick and conical. The song contains wheezes and twitters, and the male has a "butterfly" display flight.

wallhalla15, extramundi, coasties, jmouche, red45, marhowie, dew77, peter_stoeckl, hummingbird24, livios, rimas, Luc, gelor, vanderschelden has marked this note useful
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Absolutely smashing capture -- so sharp, clear and beautiful.
The light if heavenly, if anything.
Hats off to you!
Ram

Very nice capture, clean but still complex, great colour and details. The bird looks very confortable.
I like very much how the light looks like winter sun, quite natural. A fine work.
Have a nice sunday. Regards, Felipe.

Hallo Sabine, ich wünsche Dir ebenfalls einen schönen Morgen. Wieder so ein tolles Beispiel, daß den Vorteil einer SLR-Kamera zeigt. Gestochen scharf und eine sehr gute Detailwiedergabe. Farblich sehr schön anzusehen. Evtl. ist der Bereich am Hals einen Tick überbelichtet. Das ist aber das Problem aller Digicams. (Dynamikbereich) Dieses Mal ein Foto in der Abendsonne? Auch der Hintergrund ist sehr schön. Ich wünschte, ich hätte auch so schöne Vogelaufnahmen.
Lieben Gruß an Euch Beiden aus OWL
Heinz

Hi Sabine,
Excellent shot!
Very sharp and clear, nice colours,
Thanks for sharing!

Lovely shot Sabine. Crisp, clear and sharp with excellent pose and POV. Well done. Thanks.

very nice one Sabine,
I realy like the shot the dof is extremely good, the bird is warming himself and seems a little overlight but you can not have everything, well taking shot, well done S abine.
gr. jaap

Hi Sabine,
Excellent shot!
Great composition, nice colours,
Well done and thank you for sharing!José

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2705 W: 74 N: 8864] (30243)
  • [2006-02-05 5:44]

Hi Sabine!

Very good capture! I love light and summer colours of this bird and BG. Great composition. Throat is slightly OE but this is minor nit. Excellent post.

Excellent POV and sharp detail Sabine. I like the BG colors very much also. Just a tiny bit OE in the throat and chest areas. Well done and Thank You!

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4774 W: 294 N: 4020] (13209)
  • [2006-02-05 9:41]

Hello Sabine!
An artistic bird capture.I liked colors,POV,
lighting,sharpness,3D effect a lot.TFS...:-)

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  • eleana Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 207 W: 80 N: 75] (2233)
  • [2006-02-05 10:05]

Hello Sabine,
love this photo, it's colours, compo, pose and sharpness. Blue and yellow stains are great!
All the best,
Elena

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  • SkyF Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2233 W: 188 N: 1929] (8127)
  • [2006-02-05 11:29]

Sabine,
das Foto ist super, die Schaerfe und DOF sind absolut spitze. Bildeinteilung und die Farben hervorragend.
Gruesse...SkyF

Hi sabine,

Great bird with accurate sharpness and wonder composition for such a great lighting.

TFS

Pawan

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  • marjan Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 474 W: 14 N: 360] (2641)
  • [2006-02-05 11:36]

Hi Sabine, With all this different bird I think you are living in natural bird park. This one is nice too. So cute and butiful birds on yours photos. Excelent quality and very good notice about it.
Marjan

Hallo Sabine,
sehr erfrischendes Vogelportrait. Farbgebung sehr lebendig. Die hellen Stellen im Hintergrund für meinen Geschmack jedoch etwas zu stark blau gestättigt. Würde die gelben und roten Anteile im Vordergrund dagegen mehr hervorheben. Das wärmt auch noch besser. :)
Komposition sehr elegant. "Notes" wie immer perfekt. Mit Freude, Dank und Grüßen,
Peter

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  • jossim Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1575 W: 5 N: 2181] (12252)
  • [2006-02-05 18:33]

Bonjour Wishnu!



Excellente lumière et bonne netteté.

Félicitations et merci.



joseph

Hello Sabine,

Sorry, it has been a busy weekend, not enough time for a proper comment, however, wanted to drop in and give a deserved ;-)

Wonderful composition and eye detail!

TFS.

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  • livios Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2156 W: 322 N: 4258] (16906)
  • [2006-02-06 10:47]

Sabine, this is very nice.

Lovely colors and composition. I enjoy sharpness and bg too.

Congratulations.

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  • rimas Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 155 W: 3 N: 610] (4273)
  • [2006-02-06 11:24]

Hello Sabine. Beautiful well composed shot so clear and sharp. The colours and light are just perfect. Great DOF and POV.
Thanks

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  • Luc Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1872 W: 304 N: 4301] (14733)
  • [2006-02-07 23:18]

Je n'ai pas le loisir ces jours-ci d'écrire des commentaires ou des éloges dithyrambiques et panégyriques sur vos travaux.
Et j'ai encore moins le temps pour les traduire dans vote langue maternelle.
Mais je vous prie d'accepter sans ambages le maigrelet icône qu'on me permet de vous octroyer en récompense pour votre travail assidu, source de joies pour mon regard quelques fois ébloui.
Merci beaucoup Sabine.

hi sabine
presque parfait,le BG est remarquable,bon POV.
juste un peu surexposé au niveau du coup de l'oiseau a mon avis.bravo et merci.
laurent

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  • gelor Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 126 W: 3 N: 12] (523)
  • [2006-02-18 2:39]

Bonjour Sabine,
Quel bel oiseau bien éclairé et dont le plumage est superbement restitué. Quel beau travail ! Félicitations. Gérard

Sabine,
Beautiful pic with a lot of light. Sharp bird. Well done!
TFS
Annick

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  • Adam73 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 209 W: 5 N: 522] (2251)
  • [2006-08-24 16:30]

superb sharpness, lighting and color. I think you captured this shot beautifuly. You would think the blue blurs in the background would be a destraction but its just the opposite. I think the blue in the background highlight the yellow in the bird and gives a great effect. Very well done.

Hi Sabine,
Excellent shot of this cutie bird.
Great sharpness, nice details, and very neat.

BL

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