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Very curious Goldcrest (Kungsfågel)


Very curious Goldcrest (Kungsfågel)
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Copyright: Gert Ellstrom (ellis49) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3388 W: 343 N: 9483] (30813)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-10-03
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon 30D, Canon EF 70-200mm/4.0 L IS USM, Digital RAW 400
Exposure: f/4, 1/160 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-11-17 1:08
Viewed: 1295
Points: 24
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First I will thank all for the nice comments and words of my last post.

This bird is our smallest bird in Sweden and even in Europe, the Goldcrest.
This Goldcrest was very curious and played peek-a-boo with us, he was sitting in a fir just outside the hide for a quite long time and he was to close for my 400mm long lens but he was very co-operative and wait so could change to my 70-200 is lens. I think he is cute when he is looking through the firneedles.
I hope you like this last post.

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 70-200mm /4.0 L IS USM, Handheld camera
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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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3002 W: 162 N: 991] (2901)
  • [2007-11-17 1:46]

Hej Gert,
This one looks really funny pulling a face at you!! I like those long legs too! This shot really shows it the way you see them - half-hidden among the pine needles! Great shot, I love it!
TFS och klä på dig ordentligt när du sitter i gömslet!! Ulla

Hi Gert, cute bird with lovely pose, excellent sharpness and good details, beautiful composition, very well done, have a good week end, ciao Silvio

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3831 W: 190 N: 11410] (35161)
  • [2007-11-17 2:19]

Hej Gert,
Great eye contact in this frontal shot of a Goldcrest, which makes the title appropriate.
Caught at a fine moment, he looks like he is stretching his legs to take a look at you in your hide.
This is how we usually see them: among the needles of pines or spruces and you have caught this little one sharply in a nice setting.
Well done and TFS!
Hälsningar,
Ivan

Hello Gert
Excellent shot of this tiny Goldcrest,
Perfect details,exposure abd POV,
Superb shot,Welldone.

Regards
fartashphoto.com

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3596 W: 143 N: 5696] (18621)
  • [2007-11-17 8:32]

Hi Gert.
What a cute picture. I am amazed with it so much. Fur-tree branch creates the fine foundation of the picture. Pose and glance of the charming bird are terrific. Great exposure and colours, excellent DOF, details of the branch and birdy. Blurriness of the BG is so attractive too. My compliments for this charming picture.
Alexei.

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  • sela Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 45 W: 0 N: 39] (704)
  • [2007-11-17 8:59]

Very nice capture and so cute.Very well composed TFS

Kind regards Rose

Hej Gert
Hoppas allt väl med dig och fåglarna :)
Jag kommer ihåg den här bilden som du hade visat i din dator. Den är jätte fin och rolig. Det är grått här utan snön och solsken :( Har massor med jobb innan december och sedan blir det bättre. Jag återkommer efter resan...
Hälsningar
Ralf

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2007-11-18 19:04]

Hello Gert

A lovely composition,you have captured the curiosity of this cute Goldcrest well.
The focus is very good with excellent DOF.
I love the way it is peeking through the bough at you.
Wonderful eye contact,and catch light.
You handled the forest lighting well.
TFS

Rob

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  • Debz Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 516 W: 0 N: 846] (3307)
  • [2007-11-19 0:46]

Hi Gert, I really love this fine composition. The little Goldcrest just peeking through the branches. Both the tree and the bird a well focused and nice and sharp. You have a perfect dof for a difficult shot. Great pov head on with good catch light on the eyes. Wonderful work.
tfs
debz
:) later..

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  • pvs Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1168 W: 261 N: 3035] (13835)
  • [2007-12-22 4:06]

Hi Gert,

Just returned home from my sea trip and I was looking through some portfolios,as I missed some recent uploads from yours I foud out that you dont participate (hopefull temporary) to TN anymore,anyway I have always enjoyed your pictures and reading your notes and comments and learned a lot of it thanks for that,anyway I wish you and your family a merry christmas and good and healthy 2008 (and I sicerely hope we will see you once again in the future)

Paul

A funny Goldcrest, Gert.
TFS
Annick
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Hallo Gert
You have a wonderful, wonderful portfolio filled with breathtaking photos and I really had to pick and choose to decide which one I would like to give my smiley to today. This " Very curious Goldcrest" photo of yours is just too cute for words and really a smasher. I just love the match-stick legs and the yellow patch on its head. From the front it looks as if he has a flat face, and I just adore the big eyes. The greenery rounds this photo of well. Thanks for sharing.
Kind regards
Anna

Ps. I see that you have not posted photos lately and that is a pity. Your photography is a inspiration to "apprentices” like myself.

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