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Sitta europaea


Sitta europaea
Photo Information
Copyright: Cristian Goga (crs) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 523 W: 0 N: 920] (3543)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-01-24
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon 400 D, Canon 70-200mm f/4 L USM, 67mm UV
Exposure: f/4, 1/400 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-01-24 10:17
Viewed: 524
Points: 50
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
It is a long time since I am looking after the Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta Europea). I have seen this bird many times as it is not an unusual one in my region. I was impressed by its ability to move up and down on the tree trunk. Unfortunately I had no opportunity to take a decent photo with my 70-200 mm objective.

Today I had a pleasant surprise. I saw an European nuthatch looking for food on a certain tree. The bird was flying away and coming back after a short time. Sun was falling on the tree lightening the bark.

I waited a while. In this time the bird came and went away several times but it was too far for my objective. Suddenly I sow that the bird has landed on the opposite side of the tree. I took advantage of this situation and went closer. When I made a step aside I saw the bird. I had only a couple of seconds to take several photos with the camera hand held. This is one of them.

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  • Great 
  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2705 W: 74 N: 8864] (30243)
  • [2009-01-24 10:54]

Salut Cristian!

Fantastic capture. Bird is in very interesting pose, typical for this specie. I like composition with lots of space, beautifull light and natural colours.

Hi Cristian,
Interesting light, great color & details.
The classic tree-huggin' pose and POV make it a winner :)
Well done,
Howard

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  • siggi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1380 W: 56 N: 4759] (16364)
  • [2009-01-24 11:38]

Hello Cristian,
Great detail with this cute little nuthatch in his classic head down position!Very nice!
Excellent job!
Best regards Siggi

Hello Cristian,
Nicely done. Good focus in excellent light. I like the compo as well.
Thanks!
Annick

foarte frumoasa captura Cristian !
ai prins scortarul intr-o pozitie foarte buna , caracteristica as putea spune ,
culorile sunt rumoase , calde iar detaliile foarte clare ,
felicitari!
septimiu

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2999 W: 162 N: 984] (2877)
  • [2009-01-24 13:11]

Hello Cristian,
Lovely capture of the Nuthatch in beautifl light and against a fine soft background. Beautiful colours too and well composed.
TFS and best wishes, Ulla

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  • horia Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2173 W: 220 N: 4384] (14904)
  • [2009-01-24 14:22]
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Buna Cristian

Foarte curajos esti! Sa mergi dupa o pasarica atat de mica si de vioaie cu un obiectiv de maxim 200mm :) Dar se pare ca cu ceva rabdare, ti-a iesit. Felicitari.
Detaliile surprinse aici sunt excelente si foarte clare iar expunerea si culorile sunt de asemenea faorte corecte.
Imi place si incadrarea, din care reiese usor si pozitia (neobisnuita dar) caracteristica pentru specia asta.

Bravo is TSF
Horia

PS: n-ai vrea sa te alaturi celor care o sa ne intalnim anul asta pentru asa-numitul "TN meeting"? Daca crezi ca poti sa-ti faci (cam o saptamana) timp liber, intra eventual pe forum la discutia in cauza si exprima-ti votul pentru locatia si luna cea mai potrivita tie.

Hi Cristian
A very sharp shot of this nuthatch, well exposed. good detail and nice natural colours.
Kind Regards
Vinny

Hola Cristian, una gran fotografía: por formato, ángulo de disparo, precisión en el enfoque y sobre todo por la luz. Muy buen trabajo a mi entender.
Saludos: Josep Ignasi.

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  • joska Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 411 W: 0 N: 1023] (5522)
  • [2009-01-25 9:04]

Frumoasa captura, culori pline cu detalii frumoase, bine puse la punct.Numai bine,

Hi Cristian, nice capture of this pretty nuthatch on the trunk in a beautiful up-down composition with excellent sharp details and nice warm colours.
TFS and cheers,

Bayram
Ps. Thanks a lot for your kind words which you wrote my 300th post too.

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  • eng55 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1151 W: 32 N: 1192] (3654)
  • [2009-01-25 12:41]

Hi Cristian,
Very nice capture of this nuthatch.Lighting,sharpness,dark BG and composition are wonderful.
Thanks for posting.

Hello Cristian,
Excellent capture and great composition and sharp with a fine detail. Well done!
TFS and best regards. Ferran

Hello Cristian

A lovely capture of this nuthatch.
The composition is well done.
Wonderful DOF and POV.
The lighting is very good.
Excellent sharpness and focus.
TFS

Wolf

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  • anel Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1726 W: 0 N: 3927] (15770)
  • [2009-01-26 1:25]

Hello Cristian,
This is a very fine picture of the lovely Nuthatch. You took it in a very characteristic pose. I also like the distant view, showing the bird well on the trunk of the tree. Fine natural colors and light.
Well done
Anne

Hi Cristian,
what a marvellous capture of Sitta europaea taken from an excellent POV with superb sharpness, i like the typical posture of the cute bird against a very good OOF BG, the composition is wonderful.
TFS. Best regards.
Maurizio

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3824 W: 190 N: 11393] (35107)
  • [2009-01-26 12:36]

Hello Cristian,
You caught this Nuthatch in the typical nuthatch pose and took it from a great POV with excellent sharpness and lighting against a fine contrasting dark neutral BG. I might have composed it horizontally but that depends on the original.
It's a very fine image and thanks for sharing it,
Best regards,
Ivan

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  • zulfu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1065 W: 0 N: 162] (870)
  • [2009-01-26 12:49]

Hello Cristian,
Lovely and excellent shot of this beautiful bird with nice composition.
TFS and G's,
Mehmet

Hi Cristian,
A nice capture of this beautiful nuthatch. Very well composed with sharp details. Thanks a lot for sharing.

Hi Cristian,

good capture from this Nuthatcher.
Nice natural pose from the bird and with natural colours.

Gert

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  • GaryT Gold Star Critiquer [C: 102 W: 9 N: 236] (1354)
  • [2009-01-28 13:30]

Very nice, simple composition. Good lighting on the bird, too. Gary

Salut Cristian,

Excelent surprinsa, imi place foarte mult bokeh-ul obtinut, culorile naturale si totodata foarte sharp. Felicitari.

Cele bune,
Gabi

Salut,
Consider aceasta captura foarte reusita! Este foarte detaliata, sharpness-ul la loc, si acest joc cu lumina ajuta in separarea subiectului de pe fundal! Admiratie pentru aceasta captura cu un obiectiv de 200mm :)
Toate cele bune, Zoltan

Hi Cristian,

The perch is really unique and the focus is tact sharp. Well placed bark in the frame and the silenced background makes the image pops. Well done for the beautiful work.

Best regards,
Jusni

Hello Cristian !
Beautiful bird captured in its typîcal position, it's great ! The details on the feathers are excellent, and I also like the vertical composition leaving lots of space around the bird. Nice natural colors, beautiful blurred BG. Very well done !
Valérie.

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