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Golden-breasted Starling


Golden-breasted Starling
Photo Information
Copyright: Peter van Zoest (PeterZ) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1357 W: 72 N: 2886] (9535)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-05-20
Categories: Birds
Camera: Nikon D70, AF Nikkor 70-300mm f4-5.6 G, Digital RAW
Exposure: f/4.2, 1/125 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-07-18 9:27
Viewed: 680
Points: 28
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This photo is taken in birdpark Avifauna.

The Golden-breasted Starling, Cosmopsarus regius, also known as Royal Starling is a medium-sized, up to 35cm long, passerine in the starling family. The adult has a metallic green head and upperback, bright golden yellow breast and belly, dark bill and legs, white iris and metallic violet blue on wings, back, neck and its long tail feathers. Both sexes are similar. The young is duller than adult.
The Golden-breasted Starling is distributed to the grassland, savanna and shrubland of northeast Africa, from Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and northern Tanzania.
The Golden-breasted Starling is a social animal, living in groups of three to twelve individuals. Its diet consists mainly of insects and termites. The Golden-breasted Starling molts once a year, after the breeding season.
The female usually lays between three to five pale green eggs with red speckles. It nests in tree holes. The nest is made from leaves, roots and other vegetation matters.
Widespread throughout its habitat range, the Golden-breasted Starling is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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Excellent detail of the bird! I like the composition with the bird at an angle, his tail feathers reaching, almost stretching - good crop. The contrast is good and the photo is sharp.

Hello Peter,
Superb capture, excelent colors and details
Very nice pose by the bird, the BG is very realistic
well done on that, great sharpness and composition

"I'll Be Back"

Hello Peter,
I've been there once. Can't remember this one..
You captured it very well.
TFS
Annick

Hello Peter,
Great capture of this beautiful bird.
Composition, with the diagonal line of the tail, sharpness and exposure are perfct.
The pose of the Starling, colors and background, against wich the bird does stand out perfectly, are wonderful.
Thanks for sharing.
Best wishes,
Harry

A stunning bird and you have captured it very well.
Great sharpness and composition.

Chris

Everything is lined up beautifully in this shot. Color, detail, pose make for a great shot. Very well done, Peter!

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  • SelenE Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2426 W: 63 N: 4002] (12926)
  • [2007-07-19 6:21]

Hi Peter,
What a beautiful bird with charming vibrant colors, and that long tail... Nice pose, POV and composition. TFS
Best wishes,
Selen

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1911 W: 8 N: 4976] (16095)
  • [2007-07-19 7:59]

Hi Peter,

Nice capture of this wide-eyed starling. I love the pose - good job getting those long tail feathers in the frame! Beautiful colors and good details.


Jane

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2130 W: 9 N: 5960] (22528)
  • [2007-07-19 13:34]

Hi peter. Amazing colour this bird is. with a long tail. great colour and detail. with a good POV. well done TFS. great notes too.
Nick.

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  • smitha Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 285 W: 77 N: 920] (3485)
  • [2007-07-19 21:25]

Hello Peter,
Abeautiful bird with a beautiful pose in a beatiful picture. Excellent details, sharpness and composition. Beautiful colours.
TFS, Smitha.

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  • Adanac Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1111 W: 1 N: 4518] (15132)
  • [2007-07-20 17:54]

Hello Peter,
A brilliantly colored species capyure with great camera work, thanks Peter.
Rick

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2007-07-23 19:17]

Hello Peter

Amazing colours in this shot.The lighting is excellent.The blue sky makes a fine back drop.Wonderful focus and sharpness.The POV is very well done.This bird has an amazing eye colour,and you have captured the detail well.Nicely done.TFS

Rob

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  • Adam73 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 226 W: 5 N: 536] (2245)
  • [2007-07-29 19:15]

Excellent colors and Great pose. Love the colors and contrast.

-Adam

Hello Peter,
Great details of this very beautiful bird. I think you deserve 10/10 points for this. TFS.
Regards-Subhash

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