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Wedding gift ;-)


Wedding gift ;-)
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Copyright: Gert Ellstrom (ellis49) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3645 W: 350 N: 8890] (28681)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-04-19
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Sigma 100-300 /4 HSM, Digital RAW 100
Exposure: f/7.1, 1/400 seconds
Details: (Fill) Flash: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Chaffinch's [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-04-19 8:38
Viewed: 1086
Points: 44
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
En. Chaffinch, Da. Bogfinke, Du. Vink, Fi. Peippo, Fr. Pinson des arbres, Ge. Buchfink, It. Fringuello, No. Bokfink, Sp. Pinzón común, Sw. Bofink.

Now has it gone 14 days since the first Chaffinch
arrived, after 2 weeks of singing and chasing other males he got a female and now the big work begin. First a lot of wedding gifts ;-) she only want fresh and tasty seeds. And later building a nice nest.
I have two earlier posts of this beautiful bird, here and here..
I hope you like him.
The plant are growing, you can see a little flower in FG to the right, I have no ID.
From www.birdguides.com
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The male Chaffinch is distinctively coloured, especially in spring when the dull outer edges of his feathers wear away to reveal the striking blue head and pink breast. In all plumages though, Chaffinches are easily told by their unique combination of two broad white wing bars and obvious white outer tail feathers.
Breeds in woodlands, parks, gardens and hedgerows. Winters in gardens and farmland, especially stubble fields.
An abundant and widespread, bird throughout Britain, except parts of the Scottish Highlands and Islands. Most common in woodland areas. The race F.c.africana has occurred as an extremely rare vagrant.
One of Europe's commonest birds.
5 400 000 territories have been estimated for Britain where they are widespread, while a further 2 100 000 can be found in Ireland. Continental visitors in winter bring the total up as many as 30 000 000 birds.
80-96 million breeding pairs. Ubiquitous throughout Europe apart from some areas of Arctic Scandinavia.

Technique:
Sigma 100-300 /4 EX HSM, Fill-In flash.
ISO 100, flash -2/3 ev ,Raw-format, One-shot Autofocus,
Converted, Levels/Curves, Contrast, Crop, resized to 800 pixels , USM , converted to sRGB save as JPG for the WEB. I used Adobe Photoshop CS for PP
dew77, sAner, Fisher, khris_rino, manyee, carper, netfalls, mogens-j, TAZ, marhowie, Comandante, sandpiper2, Luc, JeanMichel has marked this note useful
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Beautiful capture, Gert.
Excelent composition and well done with this presentation.

Mike

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  • sAner Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1654 W: 79 N: 1456] (4742)
  • [2005-04-19 8:56]

Excellent picture Gert. :) Lovely bird, bright colors, sharp details and a lovely wedding gift. :) The picture is very well composed and the DOF & POV are perfect. Very well done. TFS!

Excellent one !

Nice catch!! Excellent sharpness and DOF. TFS!!

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  • manyee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3069 W: 231 N: 5859] (19702)
  • [2005-04-19 10:58]

Absolutely gorgeous, Gert! Everything is just superb. Congratulations on a perfect shot. : )

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  • carper Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2167 W: 124 N: 2567] (8208)
  • [2005-04-19 12:20]

fantastic photo Gert,
You know that I like those shots, the action of the bird is fantastic, very good in pov, very good capture, good dof too, very good note as well, good job,
gr. Jaap

beautiful capture, great details and colours. A very good action well caught.
Well done.
TFS.

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  • jossim Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1676 W: 5 N: 2144] (11878)
  • [2005-04-19 13:21]

La lumière est extra, les couleurs et la netteté parfaites. L'envirronnement fait de cette composition une grande photo.

FÉLICITATIONS !!!

tres jolie !
j'aime bien les details ett ces couleurs brunes...
l'instant est vraiment propice avec cette graine qu'il s'aprette a casser.
bravo ;)

Perfect capture Gert. Great colours and sharpness, very good composition - what more can you ask for;-)). the fill-flash really did a great job here.

Bit of a rush today.
Another great post, thanks for sharing Gert

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2828 W: 75 N: 8009] (26813)
  • [2005-04-20 3:52]

Thank you for brilliant idea Gert, now I know what to give my wife ;-) Excellent moment and pose. Cute bird, great quality. I like blue flower in right bottom corner.

PT

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5171 W: 297 N: 4050] (13069)
  • [2005-04-20 4:03]

Excellent shot Gert!
Very good composition and quality.
Very well done.TFS...:)

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  • TAZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2385 W: 50 N: 3184] (10918)
  • [2005-04-20 4:06]

Belle et intéressante photo pour ce superbe Piinson. Jolies couleurs et très bonne netteté.
Very Well Done !

Gert, Superb sharpness, details and colors..
Cute pose, bird and title. Very well done!

Wonderful pose and composition!
Excellent details,DOF and sharpness!

Excellent, a stunning capture with lots of great detail. Love the seed in his mouth. Well done.

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  • Luc Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2058 W: 315 N: 4404] (14713)
  • [2005-04-20 9:49]

I wish to have your camera and lens to get so much details, Gert. Excellent DoF on this little bird.
Great work, friend.
Thanks.

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  • japie Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1814 W: 100 N: 1904] (5187)
  • [2005-04-20 11:02]

This is a beautiful image Gert. The little flower in the Fg adds to the huge impact of this shot. The sharpness and detail is excellent as well.

Very well done and thanks for posting

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  • Esox Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 287 W: 27 N: 352] (948)
  • [2005-04-20 14:17]

I tried to get it sharp like yours, but...
Great composition, sharpness colours... I'm so jalous!
TFS, very good work.

Stunning quality, Gert! This chaffinch presence is very strong on the screen. Nobody else but him, in a very cute pose (hence the clever title!). Perfect composition, great colors and light. Couldn't be better!

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  • optic Gold Star Critiquer [C: 322 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2005-05-01 20:33]

Another great shot Gert, i like your bird ! fantastic colours and sharpness, you did a wonderfull photo,

Regards,

Christian

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