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Copyright: Andrea Piazza (elefantino) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1154 W: 117 N: 2213] (13869)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-04-24
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon 30D, Canon EF 400mm f4 DO L IS
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/6400 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): Birds of Italy - III Chapter [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-04-26 1:41
Viewed: 610
Points: 16
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Sand Martin
Topino
(Riparia Riparia)

ENG: The Sand Martin is the smallest, most lightly built, member of the martin family and the only one which doesn't build a nest. Instead, it excavates holes in sand banks, creating small, busy colonies.They don't have the white rump of a House Martin or the long tail streamers of a Swallow. In south-western Europe they also have to be distinguished from Crag Martins which are also generally brown, but much chunkier and lack the diagnostic brown breast band of northern Sand Martins. Breeds in riverbanks, lakesides and sandpits. Usually seen over water. One of the earliest spring migrants, with birds arriving from March.

ITA: Foto senza pretese di qualità. Queste rondini in miniatura sono veramente veloci e hanno cambi di direzione al limite dell'incredibile.
Ho passato un'oretta facendo circa 220 scatti presso la colonia di Negrisia (TV) e ne ho salvati solo una decina.

Il topino (Riparia riparia, Linnaeus 1758) è l'uccello più piccolo della famiglia delle rondini (Hirundinidae) e raggiunge una lunghezza media di circa 13 cm. Ha una coda leggermente biforcuta e un becco piatto e aguzzo. La parte superiore del suo corpo è color terra di siena bruciata, la parte inferiore è bianca con striature marroni grigiastre sul corpo.

Andrea P. © 2007
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Hello Andrea,
great species and also an fine capture. It's not easy to catch these fast rockets.
Regards, JAcob

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  • manyee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3100 W: 234 N: 5930] (20012)
  • [2007-04-26 2:42]

Hello Andrea,
A bird rarely seen on TN, so what a treat to see it in flight.
A great POV with sharp details and good light.
Wonderful in-flight shot with good view of the feathers in the spread-out wings.
TFS. : )

excelent capture Andrea with this fasting flying bird, good focus an detail, the posture is ecelent with hi's brown line from chest.

tfs,
Lucian.

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  • joey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1880 W: 245 N: 6158] (21922)
  • [2007-04-26 4:03]

Hi Andrea,
this is an extremely hard bird to photograph yet you've done it so well. Well done for capturing its colours and not just silouhette.
TFS Joey

Hello Andrea very diificult to take this fast and little bird , your photo is very successful , TFS.

hello andréa
bravo pour cette prise , un peu haut mais pas facile,bien vu
bravo
edith

non conosco questo uccello...dal punto di vista fotografico preferisco l'altra che ti ho detto

Ciao Andrea, bel topino, se potessi ti presterei il cielo dell'Umbria, sarebbe stata perfetta, bella anche così, splendide le ali spiegate, bravo, ciao di nuovo, Silvio

it's ok! Io non ci sono riuscito.
TFS
Angelo

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