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Winter Wren (Gärdsmyg.)


Winter Wren (Gärdsmyg.)
Photo Information
Copyright: Gert Ellstrom (ellis49) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3388 W: 343 N: 9479] (30805)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-11-02
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 40 D, Canon Ef 400mm /F5.6 L USM, Digital RAW 400
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/50 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-03-14 3:51
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Points: 38
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First I will thank all for the nice comments and words of my last post.

Todays post is small and quite shy bird, the winter wren, Gärdsmyg.
I took this on my way to the feeding station, he was sitting on uprooted tree and you can see there is some snow, the first of the winter. The snow helps to bright up a bit, it was dark in the forest but the bird was co-operative sat still so I could take a decent shot with pretty good sharpness.
I hope you like this little Wren.

Info from Wikipedia

The Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) is a very small bird, a member of the mainly New World wren family Troglodytidae. It is the only wren which occurs in the Old World; in Great Britain it is commonly known simply as "the" Wren.
The scientific name, meaning "cave-dweller", refers to its habit of disappearing into cavities or crevices whilst hunting arthropods or to roost. Sometimes, it is placed in a monotypic genus Nannus to reflect its distinctness from the American Troglodytes[citation needed]. It might actually be closely related to Cistothorus (Martínez Gómez et al. 2005), but the available data could not resolve this isusue to satisfaction.
It is common in Europe, a belt of Asia from northern Iran and Afghanistan across to Japan, and North America. It is only migratory in the northern parts of its range.
The 9–10.5 cm long Wren is rufous brown above, greyer beneath, barred with darker brown and grey, even on wings and tail. The bill is dark brown, the legs pale brown. Young birds are less distinctly barred.
The plumage is subject to considerable variation, and where populations have been isolated, the variation has become fixed in one minor form or another. There are around 27 Eurasian subspecies of this taxonomically complex bird, with around 12 more in North America. The disputed subspecies orii, the Daito Winter Wren, became extinct around 1940 – if it is indeed a valid taxon and not merely based on an anomaly.
Thus in the British Isles, in addition to the typical bird, T. t. indigenus, there are two distinct insular forms; one, T. t. hirtensis, is confined to the island of St Kilda, and another, T. t. zetlandicus to Shetland. The St. Kilda Wren is greyer above, whiter beneath, and with more abundant bars on the back; the Shetland Wren is darker.
Recent DNA and vocalisation studies[citation needed] suggest that the subspecies in Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, which has a harsher, more complex song, may well be a different species from the eastern North American and European forms. The latter two populations are also genetically distinct, but possibly not sufficiently to be split as separate species. This research did not include the distinctive Scottish forms.

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Canon 400mm L USM,
ISO 400, Raw-format, av-mode, spot metering.
Levels, Contrast, Crop, resized to 800 pixels, Smart Sharpen ,PP in PS CS4
Well calibrated Eizo monitor, calibrated with Spyder3 Elite.
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Hi Gert,
A nicely composed picture with nature giving you the underlighting free of charge, good POV and colours, nice focus of head, and catchlight in the eye. Nice coloured oof background makes the bird stand out. Well caught, thanks for sharing.
Regards Bill.

Hello Gert,
A superb capture of this tiny Wren,lighting,detail,and POV are all spot on.
Best regards,
Brian.

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  • siggi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1364 W: 56 N: 4654] (16002)
  • [2009-03-14 5:19]

Hello Gert,
very nice capture of this winter wren, perfect bg, excellent composition, sharp image with good details, nice pov,lovely colour tones, very impressive shot,
Best regards Siggi

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3578 W: 143 N: 5668] (18527)
  • [2009-03-14 5:33]

Hi Gert.
Wonderful composition, created by attractive pose of the bird, piece of the tree covered with snow. Despite bad light condition (as you have written) shot is illuminated perfectly and sharpness/details of the bird and other objects are ultimate. Neutral BG is great for this composition as well as cropping of the image. Well done and al the best to you, my friend.
Alexei.

Hello Gert,
A charming little Wren you present to us today.
This could almost be a New Zealand native bird,although our wrens are different in colour.
I'm always amazed by how you can take such sharp photos of little birds that jump and flit around so quickly.
Although this one seems to be moving a bit,the head and beak are perfectly sharp.
Fantastic work as usual.
Cheers & thanks for sharing.
Steve

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2377 W: 94 N: 5456] (17412)
  • [2009-03-14 7:54]

Hello Gert,
Wonderful, attractive photo of this Wren in a great pose an composition. The sharpness is excellent and the colours are very clear. Very beautiful, POV, DOF and OOF BG.
Regards,
Peter

Your work is impeccably professional Gert. I have not once seen an image that has any technical problems...and this is no exception...Very nice, clear, sharp, saturated, natural picture!
Bob

hello Gert

another of your excellent and beautiful bird photographys,
shot with very fine POV and framing, excellent sharpness
and details of the bird and the foreground on a completaly
wonderful blurred background, by its pose the bird
it is bringing dynamism to the image, TFS

Asbed

Hi Gert,
A wonderful capture where the little bird gave you a very beautiful pose. I like the inclusion of the roots and snow since it gives the bird a nice base to stand on. The gray BG brings out the contour of the bird perfectly.
TFS,
Niek

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  • MMM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 932 W: 0 N: 1984] (8901)
  • [2009-03-14 11:14]

Hi Gert
Great composition.Good POV and sharp image.Excellent pose and detail.I also like the nice catch light im the eye.
TFS Michel

Hi Gert,
A nice capture of this beautiful winter wren. Very well composed with sharp details. Thanks a lot for sharing.

Hello Gert
briliant shot of this winter wren in a snowy scene
great lighting, colors and sharpness
very well done

hello Girt
very beautiful bird
splendid photo
best regards
Nasos

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2898 W: 34 N: 8581] (31996)
  • [2009-03-14 13:32]

Hi Gert. This is one bird i have not yet got a picture of. I have seen them in the garden at home but they are to fast for me so far. You were able to get a good close up with fine detail and natural looking colours in the featehrs. I see this was taken late last year when you had just a little snow on the log. well done TFS . with interesting notes .
Nick..

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  • lousat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1967 W: 6 N: 5499] (19567)
  • [2009-03-14 16:57]

Oooh! What a tender beauty! The birds in the snow are always one of the best spectacles of nature,and this pic is fantastic,impressives details and perfects colors...in a beautiful background! My best compliments,have a nice Sunday,Luciano

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  • Marx44 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 174 W: 95 N: 599] (2124)
  • [2009-03-16 11:00]

Hello Gert,
A splendid capture of this jerky little bird, the Winter Wren.
You managed fantastic sharpness, a great pose, POV and composed this in the best way against a fine bokeh.
Well done and thanks for sharing this superb shot.
Marx

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  • crs Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 523 W: 0 N: 920] (3543)
  • [2009-03-16 21:33]

Hello Gert,

You have made a very fine portret of the bird. The low POV you have chosen is very good as it offers a nice perspective over the bird. As the sharpness of the image is very good excelent details of bird's body and plumage can be observed. The sharply shown bird looks great against the blurry background.

Thank you for sharing,
Cristian

Hi Gert!
Many Many Happy returns of the day! I wish you a great "Birthday" and a fine years to come :-)
This is a wonderful picture , just love the catch light in the birds eyes which actually adds life and the position of the bird. I'm not sure whether u use a tripod ! i yes you could have closed the aperture a bit for a better DOF.
Goutham

hello Gert
i love this picture
great details of the bird
beautiful sharpness
i have a lot of memorie"'s with this bird
greeting lou

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