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Koltrast (Turdus merula)


Koltrast (Turdus merula)
Photo Information
Copyright: Gert Ellstrom (ellis49) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3387 W: 343 N: 9480] (30807)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-01-04
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Canon 70-200mm f/4 L USM, Digital RAW 400
Exposure: f/4, 1/250 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-01-04 12:26
Viewed: 1819
Points: 30
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Today’s post is a small collage of the Blackbird.
I took this today.
Today it was colder than yesterday – 19C, and sunny and clear blue sky, a really winter day.
This Blackbird was hiding in a bush but he was not afraid. Most birds are not shy when it’s cold; it cost too much energy to escape every time a person comes close.
The Blackbird is a common bird here and some stays the winter.

I think I need an IS-lens, not for camera shakings but for Gert shakings :-)
I can’t shoot with gloves so hold the camera barehanded in this cold it’s not a pleasure,
it will be fast shots.

More info here Blackbird


Canon 70-200/4.0 L USM
ISO 400, Raw-format, Manual exposure.
Convert, Levels, Contrast, Crop, resized to 800 pixels, Smart Sharpen on the B/W channel in lab-colours. I used Adobe Photoshop CS2 for PP

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  • Great 
  • hansh Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 212 W: 1 N: 138] (574)
  • [2006-01-04 12:30]

A wonderfull collage of this blackbird. They are all sharp and have a good point of view. Ik like it this way. The blackbird does'nt look very hungry at this temperature. Thanks

Hi Gert. Very nice work.POV,framing and composition are wonderful.Thanks for sharing.José

Very nice collage of this cold looking blackbird nice POV in all the images with great exposures. :)

tres belles composition de ces quatres photos de merle gert.bon travail.
laurent

Very well presented Gert,
Good detail and colours. Great POV and sharpness.
Nicely composed and good exposure. -19C....I will never complain about the cold weather here ever again!
Thanks for posting. Enjoy the rest of the week.

Hi Gert,
this collage ist wonderful.
Normaly I don't like these birds so much, they are sitting on the house where I feed the birds and no other smaller bird has a chance to come nearer. But in your stots he is beautiful, the eyes are so clear and sharp.
Excellent work, thank you very much, bye
Sabine - wishnugaruda

Hi Gert

Very nicely presented. Each shot is crisp, clear and showing good detail. I love the eye of the Blackbird, and you have captured it well especially in the top left. Stunning work. TFS.

Very nice work Gert. All great shots with sharp detail and well exposed. I like the top left and bottom right the most here. Very well done.
Thank you my friend!

Nice series Gert very difficult to shoot under those conditions. Top left is the best of them, and I love the detail in it.
The Bush/ tree it is feeding on is Taxus baccata (Yew) thank you for braving the conditions to share them with us.

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3315 W: 148 N: 6113] (18648)
  • [2006-01-04 22:02]

Oh Gert, you have managed well with your freezing hands! BBbrrr...
Great collage of the fluffed up blackbird. We have them here, but they don't look like this as it never gets this cold! I love his yellow eyes, well captured - all of them, thank you...
Janice

  • Great 
  • manyee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3067 W: 231 N: 6160] (21052)
  • [2006-01-05 0:26]

Great poses from this photogenic blackbird. Every shot is so sharp and well composed. The light is perfect despite the difficulty of black on white. Striking color contrasts of the black bird on white snow highlighted by that very yellow beak.
Great job, Gert, and TFS. ; )
Oh... and interesting collage. : )

  • Great 
  • Graal Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 755 W: 31 N: 20] (5032)
  • [2006-01-05 2:20]

Hi Gert,
very good job, nice 4 in one. I like the quality of pictures. Good note.
Rgs, Aleksander

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4774 W: 294 N: 4020] (13209)
  • [2006-01-05 3:56]

Hello Gert!
Wonderful captures and collage.All frames are crisp clear and razorsharp.Excellent work!TFS...:-)

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2705 W: 74 N: 8864] (30243)
  • [2006-01-06 4:42]
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-19C ??? Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, Gert!!! This is Arctica! It seem that I live in tropics ;-)
Collage is great. Blackbird looks very cute, especially on picture with red berry in beak. Perfect quality as always my friend!

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  • PDP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 2821 W: 344 N: 3779] (11769)
  • [2006-01-06 9:14]

Hello Gert, nice foursome. Good details in each and that Blackbird looks very fluffed up, which is great. Lovely job.

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