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Reed Bunting Female


Reed Bunting Female
Photo Information
Copyright: Ivan Kruys (Argus) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3831 W: 190 N: 11410] (35161)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-03-27
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon 400D, Canon EF 300 f4L + Canon 1.4 converter
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/2000 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): Buntings-Kiraz Kusugiller [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-03-29 9:49
Viewed: 762
Points: 38
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
I visited a local nature reserve consisting of grazed water meadows bordering Lake Hammarsjön and known for its birdlife, especially breeding Black-tailed Godwits. The Godwits hadn't arrived yet and most of the area was flooded during the winter owing to a high water level from the lake.

The water level was so high that debris had fastened on the wire fencing. I had to have my gum-boots on to get around. The Reed Buntings (Emberiza schoeniclus)had arrived from their overwintering areas in Europe south of Sweden and were feeding on those areas not covered by water.

Among them was this female.

The males were more difficult to approach. They have black heads and claim their territories with a rather short unremarkable 'sripp, sripp ...rising to a crescendo sreeep'. It took a shot of one today but as the quality is poorer owing to a longer distance I chose to post it in the WORKSHOP instead.

IMAGE INFORMATION:
Camera hand-held at a distance of approx 10 meters
ISO 200
The high shutterspeed was in readiness for flying snipe, without result.
Image cropped by about 60%
After size reduction the image was sharpened and treated for noise using Neat Image

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Hello Ivan,
Nice picture of this small Reed Bunting. May be a bit uncomfortable for this bird to grasp on thin line. I love this composition. The blue background also brighten up this fine image.
JC

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  • pvs Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1168 W: 261 N: 3035] (13835)
  • [2007-03-29 10:44]

Hi Ivan,

Thanks for the upload of this couple,well seen and captured,although the one in the ws is posted from quite a distance you can seet the differences between bith sexes clearly,I think seen at your shutterspeed,you could have chosen a bit snmaller aperture,anyway a sharp and colorfull shot and better to be in sweden as in the mediterenean at the moment as it rained and was windy both yesterday and today,regards and tfs

Paul

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2493 W: 11 N: 6885] (21912)
  • [2007-03-29 11:27]

Hi Ivan,

I've never seen a Bunting either. Cute bird - nice colors and good details. I liked the view on the workshop also. I see your skies are blue - ours have been grey and cloudy for the past three days.

Jane

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  • Mana Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1899 W: 36 N: 5579] (18518)
  • [2007-03-29 11:34]

Hi Ivan,
Nice shot of the Bunting. Very neat and sharp. Lighting and colours are superb. The blue sky as the BG works wonders. Very nicely composed. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon

Hej Ivan
Nice shot of this little one!

TFS
Regards
Ralf

... Fint vädret här än så länge :)

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  • MMM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 924 W: 0 N: 1995] (8957)
  • [2007-03-29 14:04]

Hi Ivan
Really like that picture. Nice POV & nice colors , also very sharp image with nice BG colors.
TFS Michel

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  • Zeno Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 451 W: 0 N: 975] (8383)
  • [2007-03-29 14:07]

Hi Ivan,

Very cute bird. I like the way he's sitting on the wire.
TFS.

regards,
Zeno.

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2924 W: 34 N: 8671] (32310)
  • [2007-03-29 14:43]

Hi Ivan. good shot of the reed Bunting. Good composion and colour . well done ..
Nick

Hello Ivan , saturation and colors super , comp and POV very good , TFS.

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  • Debz Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 516 W: 0 N: 846] (3307)
  • [2007-03-29 17:00]

Hi Ivan, lovely shot of this cute Reed Bunting. I like the POV, he is sharp in every detail and has lovely colour in his feathers. Great DOF and blue sky background.
tfs
debz

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  • manyee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3067 W: 231 N: 6168] (21076)
  • [2007-03-30 2:30]

Oh what a cute little bird, ivan.
The focus is not as sharp as usual,
but the colors are wonderful,
and I really like the pose and the fluffed up feathers.
TFS. : )

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  • gannu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1169 W: 4 N: 3262] (14691)
  • [2007-03-30 4:08]

Ivan,Nice image and good blue background. I also like the way the bird is sitting.
Overall nice picture

bonjour ivan
bon POV qui place bien l'oiseau devant le ciel bleu.
beaucoup de details et de belles couleurs aussi.
la netteté est impeccable.
laurent

Bonjour Ivan
Félicitations pour cette belle présentations,l'éclairage est parfait et la netteté est excellente.La pose de l'oiseau sur ce fil est belle,et l'on peut voir comment il se tient avec ses griffes.

Merci et au revoir...JP

Hello Ivan,
This is a very cute bird! It looks a bit like our Tree Sparrow :) I like this POV and exposure. This light in its eye is lovely and I like its looooong claws! This blue sky makes a fine BG. Thanks!
Claudine

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  • anel Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1731 W: 0 N: 3942] (15822)
  • [2007-03-31 8:33]

Hello Ivan,
There is something very cute in the attitude of this bird. I like also the way it holds on the wire. Very natural picture,which I appreciate a lot.
Best regards
Anne

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  • livios Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2156 W: 322 N: 4258] (16906)
  • [2007-03-31 11:02]

Ivan, a simple and effective image.

I like composition a lot, as well as colors.

Maybe, due to the 60% crop, there are some JPEG artifacts upon the image, but it's a great image.

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3596 W: 143 N: 5696] (18621)
  • [2007-04-02 12:44]

Hi Ivan.
What a cute bird you have pictured. I like this lovely shot so much. Its pose and mood are simply amazing. Lighting and details of the plumage are very pleasant to eyes. Simple scenery suits for main subject excellently. TFS and best regards.
Alexei.

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  • hester Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1515 W: 18 N: 3165] (11638)
  • [2007-04-02 14:31]

Hi Ivan

Lovely little bird, I love the way you have captured it all fluffed up. Nice POV giving you the blue BG. Lovely composition

TFS

Karan

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