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Alectoris barbara koenigi
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Copyright: VICMA CS (Juyona) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2262 W: 10 N: 2630] (15567)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-08-19
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon 400D eos, Canon 100-400mm IS USM, Digital
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/800 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): CeltickRanger's favorite Bird photos -5- [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2009-09-14 9:56
Viewed: 571
Points: 70
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [Spanish]
The Barbary Partridge (Alectoris barbara), is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds.

This partridge has its main native range in North Africa, and is also native to Gibraltar and the Canary Islands. It has been introduced to Portugal and Madeira, though there are no recent records of this species on the latter islands. It is also present in Sardinia. It is closely related to its western European equivalent, the Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa).

This 33-36 cm bird is a resident breeder in dry, open and often hilly country. It nests in a scantily lined ground scrape laying 10-16 eggs. The Barbary Partridge takes a wide variety of seeds and some insect food.

The Barbary Partridge is a rotund bird, with a grey-brown back, grey breast and buff belly. The face is light grey with a broad reddish-brown gorget. It has rufous-streaked white flanks and red legs. When disturbed, it prefers to run rather than fly, but if necessary it flies a short distance on rounded wings...

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Hola Victor
J'aime beaucoup le mélange de flou et de netteté,
les teintes sont superbes, et la posture est élégante
Bravo et merci
Amicalement
Laurent

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2909 W: 34 N: 8636] (32186)
  • [2009-09-14 9:58]

Hi Vicma. What a fantastic picture of this young bird. I must ssay it has made me laugh to myself. It looks so unusual. All the same you have done a fine job. With sharp focusing and good detail all with natural colours. well done TFS.
Nick..

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  • SelenE Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2405 W: 63 N: 4227] (13822)
  • [2009-09-14 10:25]

Hola Victor,
Beautiful photo of this Barbary Partridge. Lighting, POV and color tones are great.
Gracias y saludos amigo,
Selen

Hello Vicma,

This a excellent shot of this Barbari partridge with beautiful coloration patterns, sharpness, and fine details. great POV, pose & BG.

Its my first time seeing this specific species.

Well done & TFS.

Regards

Umar

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  • zetu Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 648 W: 15 N: 1602] (6243)
  • [2009-09-14 10:40]

Hello
Beautiful and cute bird, lovely colors and great details
Regards
Razvan

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  • roges Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 604 W: 0 N: 529] (3120)
  • [2009-09-14 10:43]

Ola Victor,

Capturas Super!
Nunca he visto tal pájaro.
La excelencia y la descripción facilitada, gracias.
¿Quieres una semana tranquila,
Adrian

Me recuerda a Mr Explicit Hip Hop, sobre todo por el pelo-pluma de pinchos.
Buenos tonos y excepcional colorido.
Saludos, JL.

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2392 W: 94 N: 5536] (17620)
  • [2009-09-14 11:32]

Hello Vicma,
Beautiful photo of this colourful Barbary Partridge. Specially the head is very cool. There´s also the best sharpness. Splendid light, composition, POV and OOF BG.
Regards,
Peter

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  • meyerd Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 519 W: 68 N: 1696] (5366)
  • [2009-09-14 11:41]

Hola Victor,

finally I get to see this bird of which many guides talk about. Wonderful shot, Victor. The fine composition with the sparse vegetation and a homogenous background enhance the presence of this colorful and crested bird. Coingratulations! Thanks also for the careful and detailed note.

Best regards from Switzerland
Dietrich

Hola Víctor,
he quedado sorprendido al ver este ave que tantos parecidos tiene con la perdiz; en principio pensé que ps había hecho de las suyas y la cabeza estaba trucada jajaja.
Técnicamente muy bien captada tal como nos tienes acostumbrados. La luz cálida bien controlada y los colores del plumaje preciosos. Los yerbajos esos supongo que inevitables, pero la belleza del ave hacen que sea pecata minuta: eres un buen fotógrafo.

El partido se perdio de 40 puntos :-)

Abrazo: Josep Ignasi

Hola Victor,
che fantastica immagine di Pernice sarda ripresa in una spettacolare posa con una definizione straordinaria, mi piacciono i colori dalle bellissime tonalità calde e la splendida luce, una composizione meravigliosa ed accurata.
Grazie e complimenti
Saludos cordiales
Maurizio

hello Victor

excellent and beautiful photo of this funny looking partridge,
fine POV and framing, fine focus excellent sharpness and details,
the very small catch-light render the photo more beautiful,
i love the warm luminosity and colour tones of the image, TFS

Asbed

Hi Vicma
What a unique looking partridge. He has beautiful plumage and markings. You captured him very well with his head feathers standing up. Excellent DOF, detail and lighting. A really nice portrait. Great notes too.
TFS Janice

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2493 W: 11 N: 6885] (21912)
  • [2009-09-14 16:49]

Hi Vicma,

What a sweet shot of this lovely baby Partridge. He is posing so nicely for you showing off that cute baby expression. The colors and details of the black feathers on the top of his head, the yellow eye ring, and the lovely plumage are wonderful. Excellent background, setting and composition.

Jane

great-sharp capture, TFS Ori

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3819 W: 190 N: 11368] (35041)
  • [2009-09-14 22:45]

Hola amigo,
Estupenda toma de Alectoris barbara, una especie que no es facil! Espero tomarla en noviembre en Lanzarote pero jo sé la oportunidad es muy limitada.
La calidad técnica es muy alta, colores y illuminación son fantásticos.
Buen trabajo Victor,
Saludos,
Ivan

hello Vicma
impressive clarity, one amazing shot
TFS thanks for sharing
Nasos

Hi,
Beautiful pose by the bird and excellent clarity. Fine colors and simple composition. tfs.
nagraj.v

Hello Victor
what a lovely bird with beautiful plumage,you have taken it with great sharpness, each detail is well seen,the colors are wonderful as well as the composition and the POV
Have a good night
Jacqueline

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  • MMM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 921 W: 0 N: 1985] (8905)
  • [2009-09-16 7:41]

Hello Vicma
Beautiful image of a specie I had never seen before.Excellent low POV and cristal clear image.Plumage detail is amasing.I also like the catch light in the eye and the nice OOF BG
TFS Michel

Hello Vicma,

what a very nice shot from these bird.
Very good low pov and sharpness.
Fine colours.

Gert

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  • cako Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 545 W: 0 N: 735] (3213)
  • [2009-09-16 11:58]

Hi Victor
exellent image
very nice colors and position
very well done.

Bonita eve muy bien capturada...saludos

hola Victor
what a perfect capture for this pretty Barbary Partridge congratulations indeed. everything great. it looks very lovely and eyes contact great as like sharp focus, coloration, exposure and POV.
gracias y saludos amigo
Ahmet

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  • Luis52 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1110 W: 5 N: 3457] (12761)
  • [2009-09-17 14:12]

Hola Victor.
Como siempre. Hermosa la foto. Alta calidad y contenido, finos detalles en su plumaje y cabeza. Las florecillas del primer plano denotan que esta imagen se logro justo en un ambiente natural, cosa que le da mas realce a la imagen. Nunca espero menos de tus trabajos, pues todas las imagenes en tu galeria son exelentes. Por cierto como te fue en tu presentacion. Seguramente todo un exito.
Saludos a toda la Fam.
Luis52.

Ciao Vicma, beautiful bird with fantastic colors, fine details beautiful blurry BG and splendid sharpness, very well done, ciao Silvio

Muy buenas Victor
Palabra de honor de que lo que te digo no es peloteo compañero... una foto muy buena de esta perdiz, los más puristas dirán que las hierbas secas delanteras molestan y es cierto pero en su conjunto me parece una toma espectacular en todos los sentidos, nitidez del bicho, compo y las amapolas secas la dan un toque especial a la toma.
Un abrazo y no te preocupes por lo de ser esclavo del voto, a mi es una cosa que no preocupa. por cierto vi que ya tienes otro link a tu web, el que tenía en mirada natural no funcionaba y lo borre mañana lo enlaceré de nuevo.
Otro abrazo

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  • isa Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 49 W: 0 N: 33] (250)
  • [2009-10-07 14:10]

Hola Vicma,
Bellisima definición, la técnica fotográfica perfecta. Interesante el nombre científico, Alectoris, me hace recordar los dinosauros.
Curioso que en la nota dices que también fué introduzida en Madeira, presumo que tenga otra sub-espécie o variación.
Felicitaciones por el trabajo y por la divulgación.
Un saludo amigo.
Isa

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  • PaulH Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1110 W: 23 N: 3656] (13083)
  • [2009-10-12 11:30]

Hi Vicma,
amazing markings you caught here on this very beautiful bird! I like the vegetation in the foreground, it helps to place the bird in it's environment.
Paul

So that's what a partridge looks like! Wonderful shot with perfect depth of field.

Hello Victor,

That is a pretty bird!
Amazing to see how the colours of the bird matches with the location...
Excellent colours and sharp details in the plumage, the subject stands out well on the blurry back!

Greetings,
Pablo -

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3585 W: 143 N: 5669] (18533)
  • [2009-10-22 9:48]

Hi Vicma.
Simply amazing specimen have been captured by you. It haircut and clothes are very attractive and funny a bit. Details and all feature reproduction are great and scenery is very attractive too. Bravo. Perfect job.
Alexei.

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2993 W: 162 N: 961] (2823)
  • [2009-10-31 7:21]

Hello Vicma,
What a splendid profile of this lovely Partridge that I'd love to see in real life!
Excellent sharpness and lovely colours that stand out against the beautiful soft background.
Many thanks and regards, Ulla

Hi dude Victor,

An impressive capture of this colourful beauty in a lovely pose from nice lateral POV. The clarity, details and compositioan are all wonderful.
TFS and have a nice day!
Cheers,

Bayram

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  • anel Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1723 W: 0 N: 3919] (15742)
  • [2009-11-28 5:23]

Hello Vicma,
Obviously I missed this very fine picture, which is well composed and taken in a wonderful warm light. Very beautiful this Barbary Partridge, and funny how some feathers are hanging around. A very subtle shot indeed.
Thanks. Have a nice weekend
Anne

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