Unwanted visitor

Critiques [Translate]

•  
• mariki (8377)
• [2008-03-09 1:29]

Hello Ulla,

Very nice capture of this crow. Excellent POV, DOF and focus. Great detail of the plumage. That is perhaps an unwanted bird but it is also a very beautiful one.
Cheers,
Mariki

•  
• boreocypriensis (12714)
• [2008-03-09 1:32]

Hello Ulla,

A lovely capture of this bad-voiced unwanted visitor (Corvus corone "cornix") my friend! We often see it in our Cyprus home. They realy has a bad-voice frind. Your capture is excellent as usual.
TFS and Have a nice sunday with Ivan friend!
Cheers
Bayram

•  
• Jamesp (14380)
• [2008-03-09 1:32]

Hi Ulla

Good capture of what, to me, is a special bird. When I see them I know I have arrived in the Highlands of Scotland. Having said that, last summer I was going to photograph two on the Isle of Canna and realised they were eating a Corncrake chick, which, as you probably know, are very rare here.

Great exposure and framing.

James

•  
• jcoowanitwong (11461)
• [2008-03-09 1:35]

Hi Ulla,
A nice shot at this Hooded Crow. Sharp focus and great color clarity. The tree is in bud. Seem that spring is coming to your area. Very well done and tfs.
JC

•  
• bahadir (350)
• [2008-03-09 1:51]

Hi Ulla,
Excelent capture of this Crow. TFS. Regards, Bahadır

•  
• ramthakur (25028)
• [2008-03-09 1:55]

I am surprised to notice some similarities between the Crows we have posted today, Ulla. The basic colour scheme is the same -- dark head, grey chest and dark plumage with a touch of metallic blue on the shoulder.
This is a very sharp and crisp shot with the "thief" at work.
In our country, its behaviour and even cawing styles are interpreted as harbingers of events good and bad.
In the hills from where I come, the crows are fully black like Rooks.
TFS
Ram

•  
• xTauruSx (343)
• [2008-03-09 3:09]

Excellent composition, Ulla! Great colour and details, nicely framed.
TFS!

•  
• ellis49 (28681)
• [2008-03-09 3:11]
• [+]

Hhej Ulla,
kråkorna must also have some food but they often steel the whole tallow-ball.
Well exposed with good sharpness and details.
Well done.

Nu är det tydligen slut på det vackra vårvädret, det har
varit gråväder med regn i ett par dagar nu. :-(

•  
• matatur (2663)
• [2008-03-09 3:17]

Well, wanted or not, they'll go on wisiting you as long as you keep on hanging those food balls around Ulla, they are quite wise birds, also have beautiful and showy plumages, as is evident from your present posting. Also obvious, they do like your food stuff my friend!
Cheers,
Mehmet

•  
• sandpiper2 (11475)
• [2008-03-09 3:56]

Hi Ulla

Your old S2 has done a very good job here with great sharpness and plumage detail and no discernable noise. Well composed too.

Chris

•  
• joey (19801)
• [2008-03-09 7:25]

Exceptional image of this Hooded Crow!
They do look like mischevious birds!
Great clarity and detail.
Nice lighting as well.
Well done Ulla.
Thanks,
Joe

•  
• nasir-ahmed (4)
• [2008-03-09 7:59]

Excellent bird photo,Well shot
TFS

Naseer,

•  
• zulfu (585)
• [2008-03-09 8:43]

Hi Ulla,
Nice composition and colours and good details of this crow. TFS.
Regards,
Mehmet

•  
• eqshannon (19775)
• [2008-03-09 8:43]

Dad taught em how to make suet sticks...he carved them from medium sized tree branches and then drilled holes in them small enough yet large enough if you know what I mean..And in that way he had lots of room for filling and didn't have to do it often becuase the birds seemed to enjoy pecking at it...Well done Ulla and in this low light it brings out the differing colours well...
Bob

•  
• jaycee (14955)
• [2008-03-09 10:09]

Hi Ulla,

This is the first time I have seen a Hooded Crow. He may be a thief but he is very beautiful. Great pose as he's looking for something to steal. Wonderful colors. Sharp sharp details of the face and plummage.

Jane

•  
• nglen (20950)
• [2008-03-09 12:04]

Hi Ulla. This Crow is making light work of the fat ball. all the same it has given you the chance to get a very good close up. he was to busy eating to see you. good detail in the feathers with natural colours. well done TFS.
Nick..

•  
• nkasot (189)
• [2008-03-09 12:19]

Hello Ulla,
Perfect capture of this nice crow. TFS. Regards, Nazım

•  
• Adanac (13914)
• [2008-03-09 12:37]

Hello Ulla,
What a great looking crow, I'm so used to ours that are plain black. Well colored and detailed image, it is nice to see the bush is budding out. Thank you Ulla for sharing this fine image.
Rick

•  
• SkyF (8113)
• [2008-03-10 6:11]

Hi Ulla,
unwanted by the little birds, but sure a welcome model for the Camera.
Very nicely captured, the details and sharpness are very good. ooks like he is having a feast ;-).
TFS..Sky

•  
• EOSF1 (21322)
• [2008-03-10 7:53]

Hello Ulla, well done on the capture of your unwanted visitor. The details are sharp and the exposure is very good, thanks!

Mario

•  
• parthasarathi (1119)
• [2008-03-10 9:34]

Any how you also take the picture of the unwanted one. Great shot.

•  
• Silvio2006 (23904)
• [2008-03-10 11:34]

Hi Ulla, elegant crow with wonderful details and splendid sharpness, difficult to take between all branches, very well done, ciao Silvio

•  
• hester (10944)
• [2008-03-10 12:45]

Hi Ulla

Great shot of this crafty bird. You have really caught his character. Lovely details in the feathers and great composition.

It is annoying when the little birds lose out. I once had a squirrel make off with a whole bag of peanuts. Mind you it all works out in my garden now - the hedgehogs eat the bird food and the birds eat the hedgehog food

TFS

Karan

•  
• Luis52 (10144)
• [2008-03-10 19:19]

Hola Sra. Ulla.
Great Image, excellent note. I guess Crows behavior are the same everywere. The are very smart birds I know that. They are always robing food.
TFS You fine work
Luis52.

•  
• PaulH (10820)
• [2008-03-11 2:10]

I saw a few 'Hoodies', as they are known in Britain when i was on the Isle fo Skye last year, very different to the ones we have here in the South.
This is good shot, nice detail and sharp focus, it's interesting to see the behaviour of him trying to steal that food ball..
tfs
Paul

•  
• sray (242)
• [2008-03-12 17:24]

Hi Ulla
Nice, sharp, with lot of details . Well done !
TFS
Serge

•  
• jeanpaul (13845)
• [2008-03-13 9:30]

Salut Ulla
Belle photo avec une belle composition. Le corbeau est un oiseau méfiant donc difficile à photographier. Le détail du plumage montre bien la bonne exposition.
merciet au revoir...JP,

•  
• Alex99 (14629)
• [2008-03-14 8:55]

Hi Ulla.
We have many birds of this species in the city near my apartments but I have not so good pictures of them. You are luckier. Splendid specimen with terrific reproduction of the bird feathers and other details. I like branch patter and its details\sharpness a lot. Excellent picture.
Alexei.

•  
• NinaM (4569)
• [2008-03-15 19:18]

Hello Ulla, what a great picture and how I envy you to have many species of crows. Here we have the black crow and that's it, with the raven. I love you picture of this one in a branches, eating like a pig the bird's suet. The way it's looking at the ball it seems to be thinking to eat it all. Beautiful colours of this bird, I like it very much. thank you,

Francine

•  
• marhowie (34537)
• [2008-03-17 3:27]
• [+]

Hi Ulla,
Yes, these birds are "smarter than the average bear" :)
From the same family as the Blue Jay (Corvidae), I've spent alot of time watching their behavior..
Very good detail, color, DOF, and the exposure looks great on my monitor. The dense branches of this thicket frame the bird well IMHO also.
Howard