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Goldcrest (Kungsfågel)


Goldcrest (Kungsfågel)
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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: 2007-10-31
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon 30D, Canon Ef 400mm /F5.6 L USM, Digital RAW 400
Exposure: f/8, 1/160 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-01-24 2:05
Viewed: 1227
Points: 56
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Meet one of my favorite birds, the Goldcrest, kungsfåglen,
It’s the smallest birds in Sweden and I think in Europe too.
I was on my wish-list for a long time but after Micke and I build the hide I have
got a lot of pictures of this beauty and I think this one is of the best.
He was quite close and I had a good light when he was posing in a fir.
I hope you like him.

PLS
No points for this, I have given them up like some others. I have turn of the points, so save your green ones.


The Goldcrest Regulus regulus is a very small passerine bird in the kinglet family, resembling the Firecrest but with a plainer face. It breeds in most of temperate Europe and Asia but is partly migratory and northern birds winter south of the breeding range. It prefers coniferous woodlands, although it has a wider range in winter, when it is often found with tit flocks. It builds an open nest and lays 4-12 eggs.
The Goldcrest is the smallest European bird, measuring from 8.5 to 9.5cm. It is dull greenish above, with buffy white underparts, two white wingbars, a plain face with a conspicuous black eye. The crown has black sides and a narrow black front, and a bright central crest, orange in the male and yellow in the female, which is displayed during breeding. It is a restless species, constantly on the move as it searches for insects.
Goldcrests on the Canary Islands have a broader black band across the forehead, and yellower wingbars and belong to separate subspecies. They are sometimes considered a separate species, but usually are included in the goldcrest. Recently, it has been established that there are in fact two distant Canary Islands populations: the Tenerife Goldcrest (R. (r.) teneriffae) and the Western Canary Islands Goldcrest (R. (r.) ellenthalerae) (Päckert et al., 2006).
The Goldcrest is the national bird of Luxembourg. In Britain, Goldcrests were previously called Gold-crested Wrens, and are celebrated in a poem by Charles Tennyson Turner with that title.

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Canon 400mm L USM, Tripod, hide,
ISO 400, Raw-format, av-mode, spot metering.
Levels, Contrast, Crop, resized to 800 pixels, Smart Sharpen ,PP in PS CS3

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To Janice: Thanks Janiceellis49 2 01-29 00:06
To marhowie: 400mm F/5.6marhowie 4 01-25 09:01
To ralfsworld: Öarnaellis49 1 01-25 05:08
To joey: Hide,ellis49 2 01-24 07:23
To uleko: Some wet snow this morning :-(ellis49 1 01-24 02:38
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Hola Gert.
Fabulosos detalles y excelente nitidez.
Buen encuadre y nota.
Saludos, JL.

Hello Gert,
excellent close up, good sharpness and details, very nice colors.
Agela

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  • joey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2001 W: 226 N: 6845] (24727)
  • [2008-01-24 2:25]
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Hello neighbor! Thankyou for your warm comments on my photo :)
This is truly stunning!
I'm amazed at how close you got!
I spotted one of these in a tall tree once but it flew off almost immediately.
Goldcrests are the smallest bird in Britain as well.
You've captured the gold crest really well and with vibrent colour.
Excellent composition and POV.
Superb sharpness and detail.
I'd love to be able to build a hide in a forest but everywhere in Britain is private and there are very little areas where you can be properly isolated from everyone else, so other people are likely to scare birds away or vandalise the hide :(
I must come over to Swedan sometime and build one there :)
Great work Gert.
A big green "virtual" smily for this one :)
Regards,
Joe

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2993 W: 162 N: 961] (2823)
  • [2008-01-24 2:25]
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Hej Gert,
Another lovely close view of a little Goldcrest watching you with its big round eye and showing off its golden crest! This is a very fine POV and details and colours are excellent as usual. Nice background too. How is life up north? Have you got snow at the moment?
Many thanks and cheers, Ulla

Hallo Gert
A stunner as usual and I can understand why this Goldcrest was on your wishing list. A spectacular and dainty little bird. A cute fluff ball. This is an excellent close up filled with a variety of features and details. I am sure the big black eye is bigger than that pouted beak. A special and colourful photo, and as usual it was lovely to look at. Thanks for sharing.
Kind regards
Anna

Hi Gert

Its a very cute little kungsfåglen, just a tiny ball of feathers with a splash of yellow paint on his crown. Exellent sharpness and POV.

Chris

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3819 W: 190 N: 11368] (35041)
  • [2008-01-24 2:59]

Hej Gert,
En till suverän kungsfågelbild!
You cant't get closer than this to portray this little ball of activity with such sharpness, excellent lighting and great POV showing the gold crest.
Well done my friend and thanks for sharing this cutie!
Hälsningar,
Ivan

Vi längtar fortfarande ljus men nu kommer ljusare tider!

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  • Ena Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 368 W: 61 N: 591] (2458)
  • [2008-01-24 3:44]

Hi Gert,
Beautiful shot!
Nice details and POV!
Good job!
Regards
Ena

Hola Gert, un impresionante acercamiento y un volumen del ave conseguido excelente. Buen encuadre y luz.
Saludos: J. Ignasi Tejedor

Foto bellissima!!!
Complimenti!!!

Ciao e grazie, Emanuele

Hello Gert,

Very nice capture of this goldcrest. Great composition. Great sharpness. Wonderful light and colours.
Cheers,
Mariki

This is an excellent portrait Gert, I like the "cheeky" pose :)
I can't comment on the color yet, you know why..
Excellent closeup composition, sharpness, detail, DOF, and POV.
I think the evergreen top left, and the overall framing of the bird with it, works very nicely.
Howard

oh what a sweety Gert,
very nice photo, good pov, very nice piece of photoart, I realy like it, good one, have a nice day.
gr. jaap

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  • Jamesp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1351 W: 0 N: 5494] (16522)
  • [2008-01-24 6:30]

Hi Gert

Excellent close-up - great focus and exposure and wonderful POV.

James

Hi Gert,
I found this a great close up!
It's so good the way you approach to his head, to let us see and enjoy the beauty of its coloured plumage there.
Nice lighting and composition!
Congratulations and thanks for share it.
My best regards,
JM

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  • EOSF1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1381 W: 126 N: 5246] (23469)
  • [2008-01-24 6:55]

Hello Gert, very good portrait of this small bird, the details are fine and the exposure is perfect, very well done ! Thanks for showing it to us !

Mario

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  • pvs Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1168 W: 261 N: 3035] (13835)
  • [2008-01-24 7:26]

Hi Gert,

A fine capture of this small one,I see them as well sometimes jumping in the trees,but until now no luck with it,I posted one earlier,but I captured this one in the middle on the Northsea,guess he was a bit off course,tfs

Paul

hello Gert

great close-up of this cute bird with excellent details
of the bird's plumage and excellent luminosity on the image,
i love the POV and the way the bird is framed on the image

TFS

Asbed

Hi Gert,
I it amazing that you can get so close to those birds. We have the same or similar specie here and they are so shy and fast moving and I don't see them often. We don't have them in winter as I think they migrate south. I guess that I'll have to build a hide too. This is an outstanding capture with superb details, excellent composition and POV! I'm very impressed by this picture. Congratulations!
Claudine

Hi Gert,

Woooow what a magnificent shot
SUPERB sharp detailed
excellent POV and colors

TFS Thijs

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2493 W: 11 N: 6885] (21912)
  • [2008-01-24 8:25]

Hi Gert,

Superb shot of this up close and personal shot of the Goldcrest. The colors are wonderful. Excellent details and textures of the face, eye and plummage. A beautiful setting and composition.

Jane

Gert,
What alittle cutie,
Very well captured, Nice lighting,
I love all the rich colors,
Fantastic,

fototab

Any closer and it would have scratched your lens, huh? Great capture, Gert! Good detail in nice light! Bravo!
Cheers, Klaus

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3585 W: 143 N: 5669] (18533)
  • [2008-01-24 10:01]

Hi, dear Gert.
I see your hide is great idea and brings you a lot of pleasure and great photos. So impressive close-up. It is really superb. Composition and cropping are spot on. Details are extreme, DOF is fine (all image of the bird is sharp and all BG is blurred nicely), lights and colours are wonderful. Perfect job and many thanks.
Alexei.

Hi Gert, superb portrait of beautiful bird with great colors, splendid details of plumage and wonderful sharpness, very well done, ciao Silvio

Hello Gert
Wonderful shot of this cute goldcrest,
Perfect details,DOF and lighting,Superb shot.

Good Luck
Fartash

Hello Gert,

This shot is special as well as the bird!
The sharp focus and the detail are excellent! The goldcrest looks as if it has been specially grooming itself ready for the photograph! The colours and the light are superb!

Kind regards,
Bev :-)

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  • Juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2262 W: 10 N: 2630] (15567)
  • [2008-01-24 15:49]

Hola Gert,
excelente captura,
maravillosa escena y excelente foco...
buen trabajo,
saludos

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  • lizzie Gold Star Critiquer [C: 207 W: 0 N: 605] (2855)
  • [2008-01-24 16:56]

Hi Gert,

Beautiful close up of the goldcrest, it pays off to be patient because you captured it so well with excellent sharpness, amazing details in the feathers and nice vivid colours. Congratulations!

Lise

Hi Gert,
Thanks for looking at my recent picture. I'm obliged for your kind words.
I love that yellow patch at the centre of this little bird's head. Besides, it is a beautiful capture of a bird you have longed to shoot.
I am saving the greenie on your insistence.
Best regards.
Ram

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  • dejo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 375 W: 51 N: 519] (2238)
  • [2008-01-24 23:35]

Hello Gert,
Beautiful! great close-up picture of this so cute bird,
I like the pose captured and this POV
nice work
Dejan

Hej Gert
Du vet att de är en av mina favorit fåglar :)
Jätte fina detaljer och färg och väl komponerat också.
Hopas att jag får tillfälle att fota en också med samma kvalitet.
När åker ni till öarna?
Du snackade om att åka norr och fota en fin fågel som var tam, kommer inter ihåg vilken det var. Har du varit om inte jag vill vara med :)
Hälsningar
Ralf

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2392 W: 94 N: 5536] (17620)
  • [2008-01-26 1:16]

Hello Gert,
Amazing sharp portrait of this Goldcrest. The pose and POV are perfect. Excellent colours, composition and DOF.
Regards,
Peter

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  • crs Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 523 W: 0 N: 920] (3543)
  • [2008-01-26 10:10]

Hi Gert,

Excelen photo of tiny bird. Colors are natural and great details of bird can be seen. Realy pleasent image.

Best regards,
Cristian

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3315 W: 148 N: 6113] (18648)
  • [2008-01-28 11:30]
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Oh Gert, he is a really round bundle of feathers!! You show him so well and so closely.
It's a perfect capture, excellent POV and lovely colours too.
Cheers from sunny hot NZ
Janice

This is really stunning!! Cannot think on any other comment than "stunning"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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