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• NinaM (4365)
• [2008-04-02 7:51]

Hello Ivan, we are neighbours indeed, I am between you and Mario, ouf! That's quite a position in between two great photographers like you! I love this Audubon looking picture, with soft tones and nice smooth background. You really managed the light in a superb manner, with the head of this cute bird slightly lit. It seems to be looking at you by the position of its eye, it's way too cute. I like the composition with the branches too, thank you!

Francine

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• saeedabbasi (3920)
• [2008-04-02 7:53]

Hi dear Ivan ,
Very nice shot at lovely moment.
Great details and good BG.
well captured.

kind regards
Saeed

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• PaulH (9450)
• [2008-04-02 7:57]

Hi Ivan,
well worth posting. You've got a great pose caught here thanks to your timing and despite the difficulties you mentioned i don't think the image is any poorer for it.
tsf
Paul

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• mariki (6903)
• [2008-04-02 8:04]

Hello Ivan,

Very nice composition and good timing. Good POV and pretty good sharpness. Beautiful colours and light.
Cheers,
Mariki

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• jcoowanitwong (11459)
• [2008-04-02 8:11]

Hi Ivan,
This little one was singing his heart out. Sharp and well exposed image. Very nice pov and the action is well seen.
JC

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• Raptorman (6855)
• [2008-04-02 8:15]

Hello Ivan , very good capture of " Bird on the job " ggod colors and comp . TFS

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• fartash (10025)
• [2008-04-02 8:47]

Hello Ivan
Excellent shot of this Yellowhammer :O)
Great pose,exposure and composition.
Welldone my friend.

Good Luck
Fartash

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• SkyF (8113)
• [2008-04-02 8:58]

Hi Ivan,
it must be Spring ;-).
Great shot, very nice timing catching this bird with the beak wide open.
Hard to get a great shot when they are hidden in the brush, but you did a very nice job.
T%he colors are wonderful and managed to focus in quite well despite the distractions.
TFS..Sky

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• jaycee (13255)
• [2008-04-02 9:47]

Hi Ivan,

I think you know by now that I just love to see singing birds. He must have been very loud with his head raised up like that in song. You did a fine job considering the situation. The workshop is fantastic.

Jane

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• nglen (18250)
• [2008-04-02 10:00]

Hi Ivan. well worth posting. i have yet to get a picture worth posting myself. but thats half the fun to keep on trying. This one is giving it all it can singing its head of. a nice pose. and colours. like the effect. well done tFs.
Nick..

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• Luis52 (9914)
• [2008-04-02 10:08]

Hola Sr. Ivan.
Well. You have a beautiful singing and colorful bird here. Great camera work and excellent moment. Nice pose and DOF
Very interesting note, a lot to learn from it.
TFS Sr. Ivan.
Un afectuoso saludo y un abrazo fraternal.
Luis Leal.

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• haraprasan (11593)
• [2008-04-02 10:55]

Hi Ivan,
A nice capture of this beautiful yellow hammer. Excellent sharp details and a fine composition. Yes the WS version is superb compared to this one. But I know this one is special. Thanks a lot for sharing.

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• coasties (27488)
• [2008-04-02 11:09]

Hi Ivan

Great image. Perfect catchlight, great pose, lovely colours. Very nice work. :-)

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• Hil (4759)
• [2008-04-02 11:50]

Hi Ivan,

Great shot odf the Yellowhammer, nicely composed and a great pose with the bird singing his heart out, very nice detail and good exposure, the colours are lovely I did a theme for Blue birds and I think I will do a theme for the yellow, reds and greens too.

Hil

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• gerbilratz (2938)
• [2008-04-02 12:27]

god dag Ivan,great tajmningen till få en bild av den här fågel sjungande. Mycket fint Dof och utmärkt POV. God ta till fånga tack själv för delar , hänsynen h

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• boreocypriensis (9906)
• [2008-04-02 13:34]

Hello my dear friend Ivan,
What a lovely posture of this male Yellowhammer my friend! :-) I loved this capture! Thanks for sharing this beauty!
Cheers,
Bayram

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• pekkavalo1 (2657)
• [2008-04-02 13:38]

Hi Ivan,

Impressive picture of a loudly singing Yellowhammer. Can really imagine. Good pose and composition.

TFS

Pekka

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• joey (17959)
• [2008-04-02 13:47]

What a great shot of this singing Yellowhammer!
A funny title as well :-)
Brilliant pose and a good composition.
Decent sharpness and detail.
A bit of chroma noise but not a major problem.
Bright colours.
Very well done Ivan!

Joe

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• gracious (10973)
• [2008-04-02 13:56]

Hello Ivan,
Thank you for sharing such a beautiful singing bird with a singing pose!
good exposure and focus always from your presentation in sharpness, good colour and details
many thanks
best regards
Tony

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• maurydv (3312)
• [2008-04-02 15:33]

Bellissima immagine in una splendida posa, molto bella la composizione e anche con i problemi e le difficoltà che presenta la preferisco a quella in WS, poichè la parte più interessante relativa all'occhio e al becco è comunque più che buona. Grazie e complimenti. Ciao Maurizio

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• eqshannon (17144)
• [2008-04-02 16:15]

>>>>This image is therefore of poorer quality because of shade reduction and fairly heavy cropping as I was about 10 meters from him.

Well enough of that...All things considered it is a fine image esthetically. The cross between what is right and wrong come only a tad into play and do not detract from the pose which is after all the most important part in this one Ivan...Very well handled in a quasi political way with notes, but no really as important as the whole image which is just fine!
Bob

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• rousettus (6933)
• [2008-04-02 18:21]

Hello Ivan, my dear friend,
I visited all posts of your, sometimes with a bit delay. sorry. I am pleasure to see your great shots. Either this and workshop great. In spite of heavy crop, you captured it with excellent timing and from great POV. Very beautiful colors. good notes to read. thanks for sharing all of them. best wishes.
Ahmet

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• jusninasirun (3578)
• [2008-04-02 19:23]

Hello Ivan. This one is sure worth the post with head up high singing. The image around the eye and beak is still sharp even though heavy cropping have been carried out here and I like the perch and pose under the light. Well done and best regards. Jusni

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• xTauruSx (257)
• [2008-04-02 19:33]

Hi Ivan,
Wonderful shot! Excellent in all criteria! TFS. Regards,
Deniz

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• SchwebagMike (419)
• [2008-04-02 22:51]

Hello Ivan,
A realy fantastic shot!
The pose of the bird is so great, one can virtualy hear it singing :-))
Congrats, Mike

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• JPlumb (2827)
• [2008-04-03 0:59]

Hi Ivan, the body is a little soft, but you got great sharp detail of his head, and he's singing. Timing was good here. The workshop is good with great colour and unobstructed detail, but he's not singing. Both together make a great presentation.

Thanks, John

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• CeltickRanger (6223)
• [2008-04-03 5:44]

hello Ivan

i read your critique to Jane's (Jaycee) singing bird shot,
and i was wondering wath is your's (i passed by other postings
before to come on your's) and when i saw the thumbnail and the title
i started to laugh, what a excellent shot and as i wrote to Jane,
i love this kind of shot, i love to wait the good moment
before shooting the image, is what you did, TFS

Asbed

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• gannu (8608)
• [2008-04-03 8:31]

Hi Ivan, Good shot with an excellent bose. The opening of the mouth and your caption is fantastic. Ganesh

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• arfer (0)
• [2008-04-03 9:24]

Hello Ivan

What a remarkable capture,it looks like this cute little bird is singing in an opera.
Well caught,the details are sharp.
The lighting is lovely and the colours are richa nd well saturated.
TFS

Rob

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• MMM (6594)
• [2008-04-03 13:56]

Hello Ivan
Nice presentationI really like the pose of your subject.The image is well composed with good focus and nice detail.
TFS Michel

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• Adanac (13258)
• [2008-04-03 19:48]

Hello Ivan, And singing he is, he is sure trying to get someones attention and he got yours. Great capture Ivan get clear shots are sometimes very difficult, but this is a fine piece of work all around, thank you.
Rick

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• Silvio2006 (21519)
• [2008-04-04 6:11]

Hi Ivan, lovely crying bird in splendid pose, fine details and excellent sharpness, great focus with wonderful blurry BG, very well done, ciao Silvio

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• Mana (15476)
• [2008-04-04 7:33]

Hi Ivan,
Outstanding shot of this cute little singing Yellowhammer. Very impressive sharpness and details on its plumage and I like this natural surrounding. Superb lighting and exposure and you have managed the glint on its eye very skilfully. Excellent POV and very nicely composed. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon

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• cataclysta (4092)
• [2008-04-04 7:40]

Hi Ivan
I like the shot and funny note ;-). Very good composition, nice OOF background. Sharpness is pretty good. I also like natural surrounding (branches)and of course great moment
TFS
Krzysztof

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• marhowie (34121)
• [2008-04-04 10:38]

Good detail & color Ivan, and what a great pose this is! I don't think I've ever seen a beak quite so wide-open before :)
Thanx for the WS view as well..
Nice catch & have a great weekend,
Howard

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• ramthakur (23125)
• [2008-04-06 21:54]

The image in the workshop is technically better, Ivan. However, I am with you in posting this one as the main image. The bird is singing and the posture is immensely humorous but cute. I like the sound conversion in Swedish better, ha,ha,ha!
Let me give you one from my own dialect native to my valley in the mountains. It is of a small singing bird found there:
Caller One: Shooooooi-mee-ki-kiun oye? (What wrong did I do, oye?)
Caller Two: Mee kiun! I(I did it!)

Despite some noise, the image of this singing Yellowhammer is attactive and amusing. The sunlight falling on its head gives it an aura of sorts.
TFS and regards.
Ram

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• jmp (8394)
• [2008-04-07 14:38]

Hola Ivan,
Yes, it looks as a beautiful painting of an idilic world and moment!
TFS this photo.
José M.

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• Tamrock (3617)
• [2008-04-13 5:17]

hej ivan!
härlig pose på sparven!
sharp and fine pic with good
composition and a nice situation!
well done!

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• Alex99 (13775)
• [2008-04-14 0:31]

Hi Ivan.
I hear its song and welcome it as well as this nice picture with superb timing and attractive natural scenery. Wonderful delicate lights and colours. Sharpness of the bird image very nice too. My compliments.
Alexei.