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All alone


All alone
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Copyright: Ivan Kruys (Argus) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2487 W: 132 N: 7075] (22101)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-11-16
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 350D, Canon EF 300 f4L + Canon 1.4 converter
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/800 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2006-12-05 9:57
Viewed: 944
Points: 50
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The shortage of water on Lanzarote restricts the creation of lawns. Instead, if waste ground is to be ‘tidied’ up the black or red volcanic grits are raked into flat areas interspersed with plants that tolerate dryness.

One late afternoon I left the hotel to a walk through such a ‘park’ and where it ended to give way to the original volcanic landscape, I came across this bird.

At first I thought that it was the rare Chat that had strayed from Lanzarote (posted recently), but I soon saw that this was a male Eurasian Stonechat (Saxicola torquata). It is more boldly marked, the breast being a deeper russet and the head lacking the white stripe of the rare chat.

This Stonechat obviously had its territory but lacked a mate, because through stonechats have been recorded on Lanzarote they are regarded as occasional strays from N. Africa. So unless a female happens to stray to this island he will be all alone until he dies. A sad story.

I took this shot in evening light at a distance of about ten meters with camera hand-held.
Alex99, marhowie, goutham_ramesh, ramthakur, horia, fiyo, wallhalla15, jchemas, coasties, claudine, jcoowanitwong, JORAPAVI, ferranjlloret has marked this note useful
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  • clnaef Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 752 W: 58 N: 615] (6297)
  • [2006-12-05 10:00]

Bonjour,
Un magnifique exercice d'équilibrisme.
Bonne journée.
clnaef

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2991 W: 148 N: 4435] (14369)
  • [2006-12-05 10:03]

Hi Ivan.
Very nice and perfect composed shot. The captured scene is wonderful also as well as the attractive lighting of the bird and leaves, excellent details and sharpness of the image. Your hands are quite well. My compliments and TFS.
Alexei.

Well done Ivan.
Good exposure, detail, color, POV, and comp.
The single most important factor in getting a small bird shot, is simply getting close enough to fill the frame..
Have a nice day.

Hi Ivan,
Very good picture and good POV...Good shot..!
Well done,
Patrick

Hi,
A very beautiful composition and a very good note too.The catch light in the eyes add life to the bird.Good colors and details
TFS
Goutham R

Hej Ivan
Nice captured bird staying free on the top of the tree. The sky is blue which is not here in Stockholm :( but that's life.
TFS
Ralf

Your reconstruct of the story of this solitary migrant from north Africa is touching, Ivan.
The picture is vivid in spite of sizable distance between you and the subject.
Thanks for sharing pictorial moments of your visit to the Canarias.
Ram

Hello Ivan, Excllent work, Great details very crisp, nicly composed and capture photo, excllent work,

TFS Kyle

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  • horia Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2043 W: 212 N: 3651] (12150)
  • [2006-12-05 11:40]

Hi Ivan

What a simplt yet very beautiful composition.
The POV here is excellent and the pose of this little bird is great. Also all the colors and tones are gorgeous, the exposure is spot-on and teh details very nice nad sharp.
Terrific work!

Bravo and TFS
Horia

hi ivan,
nice post, well composed,
fine pov, goood dof,
lovely well saturated colours,
tfs & regards
pankaj

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  • fiyo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 924 W: 5 N: 2240] (8248)
  • [2006-12-05 12:56]

Hello Ivan,
Excellent capture,
Lovely detail and colours,nice composition.
Nice work,very well done.

Hello Ivan,
this is a very nice picture. Good POV, sharpness, colours and composition. Thank you for posting.
Gr.
Heinz

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  • pvb Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 377 W: 20 N: 517] (1803)
  • [2006-12-05 14:26]

Hi
Very nice captured. I like the composition and pov. Sharpness and light.
tfs paula

bonjour ivan
pas enormement de details sur le plumage mais je suppose que l'oiseau etait loin,en revanche de belles couleurs et un bon POV.
laurent

Hi Ivan,
Nicely capturing this cute little bird. Great DoF, well focused. Nice clear blue sky for BG.
Great shot.

Ben Lakitan

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  • osse Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1029 W: 0 N: 90] (7655)
  • [2006-12-05 22:14]

Hej Ivan
High place. Good shor. Good colours,sharpnes, POV, BG, light and details.
Well done mf..

osse

Hello Ivan
Great shot of this beautiful bird.
Excellent colors and details.
Love the POV, DOF and BG.
Regards and TFS.
JC

Hi Ivan

Well done on a great shot. Lovely details you show here. Good POV, nice catchlight in the eye. TFS.

hello IVAN
quelle magnifique composition, cet oiseau est de toute beauté aussi bien en couleurs, netteté.
bravo pour ce beau travail
edith

Hello Ivan,
This is a sad story indeed... But it is a nice capture if this bird. I really like this POV, composition and details on the bird. I also like this nice blue BG but I think it is a bit noisy... Well done anyway with great notes and good lightning. Thanks,
Claudine

Hello Ivan,
A fantastic picture. Great composition, exposure, and sharpness. Just hope for the best for this migrant Stonechat. Well seen picture and TFS.
JC

Hola Iván,
Bonita toma de la tarabilla, con buena composición y nitidez. Saludos

Ivan, it is a nice photo of the little bird. I like the eye contact and sparkle in eye. But I think there is much noise present in the photo. See workshop. Hope you like.

Hi Ivan,
I have made some small changes in the workshop.
Salutacions cordials.
Ferran.

The composition of this was the very first thing to get my attention. I love that it's positioned to the right hand side of the frame instead of centre. Beautiful colours and loving that there is a bit of lighting caught in his eyes. Always good to be able to tell the eye from the surrounding area.

Nyssa

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