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a "Birkenzeisig" for Sabine


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Copyright: Gert Ellstrom (ellis49) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3649 W: 354 N: 8903] (28941)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-02-10
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM, Digital RAW 100
Exposure: f/8, 1/125 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-02-10 7:51
Viewed: 1517
Points: 62
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Today’s post is a small but beautiful bird, Redpoll, Gråsiska in Swedish.
I dedicate this little Birkenzeisig to Sabine (WishnuGaruda).
She has taken lovely pictures of the Redpoll in her garden at the feeder.
I have never seen these small birds visit a feeder This is how they look when they eating their natural food. They are very mobile and quick and come in big numbers to visit all kinds of threes for seeds. This one sitting in an alder and eat seeds from the cones.

It’s a quite common bird here and most of them it stay the winter.
The have a beautiful song, sound like small bells
I took it down our small river this morning.
Today is a great winter day, -5C, sunny and blue sky.

some info about the Redpoll
The Redpoll is a small streaky brown finch usually located by its loud rattling call. Redpolls can usually be identified by the little red spot on the forehead which gives them their name. In females, however, this red colour can be indistinct and in juveniles it can be lacking altogether. Such birds would have to be identified by their small size, chunky shape and streaky dark brown plumage, lacking the greens and yellows of Serins or Siskins or the white in the wing and tail of a Linnet or Twite.

Source and more info.

Canon 70-300 IS USM
ISO 100, Raw-format, av-mode, partial metering, One-shot auto focus.
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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You managed the light very well Gert. Very good sharpness, DOF, color, detail and POV with the BG setting-off the bird nicely. Very well done. Have a great weekend mf.

Hi Gert, this is butiful. I think that you and Sabine are in small competition, who can do better photo. I am glad becouse we all enjoing to see your products. I dont know who is better, both of you are in my favorites group. Aou hawe a similar stile , it is good, I like it. TFS

Wow!
Grande foto, perfeita! Fundo, nitidez, detalhes, cores, tudo está perfeito!!!
Sabine merece! Eu adoro, e acompanho sempre o trabalho dele, assim como o seu Gert!!!
Ótimo trabalho

Francisco Sales

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  • Dave Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 527 W: 47 N: 674] (2171)
  • [2006-02-10 8:52]

Hi Gert,
Beautiful in all manner! The bird, the composition, the setting!
Thanks,
Dave

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  • SkyF Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2390 W: 194 N: 1991] (8113)
  • [2006-02-10 8:53]

Excellent photo, great pose. A wonderful DOF, colors and details are amazing.
Sky

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  • sAner Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1648 W: 79 N: 1438] (4742)
  • [2006-02-10 9:04]
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Hi Gert,

I can see what you mean now: this IS sharp! Colors are great and POV is very good. Too bad the catchlight in the eye is missing though. Well done & TFS!

Regards,
Pieter

Hi Gert,
Excellent shot!
Great composition, nice colours,
Well done and thank you for sharing!José

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  • wuta Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 884 W: 2 N: 617] (2072)
  • [2006-02-10 9:19]

Beautiful bird gert ,very nice coulors
and compositie ,good job thanks groeten Teunie .

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  • honza Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 542 W: 0 N: 678] (4051)
  • [2006-02-10 9:31]

Excellent photo of the bird. Nice composition, sharpness and colors. I like BG and light.

Beautiful picture , very good sharpness !

Amitiés ;)

Hi Gert,
So, that's where they went this year. None have made their way here. Very interesting.
Excellent shot, sharp and well done on the composition. Beautiful work.

Mike

What a beauty, Gert! I find your note very informative. TFS.
Ram

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5171 W: 297 N: 4050] (13069)
  • [2006-02-10 11:38]

Hello Gert!
Excellent capture.Lighting,simple BG,details,POV,3D
effect,colors and composition are wonderful.
TFS...:-)

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  • carper Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2192 W: 124 N: 2600] (8410)
  • [2006-02-10 11:52]

Well Gert what can I say,
Your one of the experts here, fantastic capture, good pov and a fantastic composition, well done.
gr. jaap

hi gert
BG impeccable,avec ce super bleu.
bonne netteté malgrés la position de l'oiseau qui devait faire bouger la branche et bons details.bravo.
laurent

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  • PDP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2951 W: 366 N: 3779] (11763)
  • [2006-02-10 14:59]

Hello Gert, lovely shot. The colours are good and so is the composition. Nice details too. A little more light on the face would have made it perfect. Well done.

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3464 W: 145 N: 5943] (17794)
  • [2006-02-10 15:13]

Your little finch is swinging nicely on the branch Gert. It's a beautiful bird, so well captured by you. Nice and sharp, excelelnt colours. Well done
Janice

Hi Gert!
Excellent colors, sharpenes, details, composition! Great work! TFS ;-)
regards
Dorota

Hi Gert,
I'm a little late today - but so happy that I decided to take a quick look at TN today.
You are sooooo nice, I'm so happy that you dedicated this beautiful bird to me, I love it.
The colours are so pretty, this wonderful blue background and the bird is so sharp and I can see the red parts so good. When I showed mine - Howard wrote a funny note: He said he never saw a bird with that distinctive red "toupe".

Thank you so much, you made me very happy today. Bye
Sabine - wishnugaruda

Hi Gert,
Good detail, colours and sharpness.
Composition and exposure are good. Good POV and framing.
Thanks for posting, have a great weekend

Excellent image of this wonderful small bird, and great details, colors, BG, and exposure.

Well done, and thank you Gert!

HAGW!

Hi Gert,
I think you did a great job with the exposure here. Pretty bright sunlight, but you have matered it here. Nice beautiful colors, and the detail is very sharp. Outstanding composition and framing of this shot. Superb work my friend!
Scott

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  • CTP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 774 W: 6 N: 1107] (3183)
  • [2006-02-10 20:22]

Hi Gert,
Excellent bird portrait shot with great colors,note,focus,pov,dof and frame.TFS
Chris

Excellent shot Gert, great colours, details and sharpness, nice bg and contrast. This is a great composition. Very well done, thank you.
Greetings,
Heinz

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  • reina Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 261 W: 1 N: 322] (1992)
  • [2006-02-11 6:04]

Hi Ellis, outstanding job, bright blue colours are fabulous in this composition.
Thanks for sharing all your details about taking this shot.
Greet weekend Reina

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  • Graal Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 787 W: 31 N: 20] (5002)
  • [2006-02-11 11:45]

Hi Gert,
fantastic shot and quality of photo. Here all is ok. Really well done.
Rgs, Aleksander

Wow... great shot Gert. We have Redpoll in New Zealand and I am sure I have seen one, and I mean only one! They are on my wish list, but are hard to come by. Maybe one day. Congrats on a great job. Thanks.

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  • samos Gold Star Critiquer [C: 82 W: 4 N: 2] (39)
  • [2006-02-11 16:59]

Hello Gert very very excellent work this photo of this bird is so beautiful thanks have a nice weekend regards Stavros

Hi, Gert.
It's really nice one. Excellent composition and DOF. Very beautiful colours. Sharp.

I love the bright blue background for such a lovely little bird. I can almost count every feather! So clear and sharp, I"m sure I can hear his song too, excellent work.

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  • EOSF1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1427 W: 128 N: 5252] (23221)
  • [2006-02-13 10:56]

So sharp and clear, a superb shot Gert. Good background and beautiful colors. Thanks,

Mario

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