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Arctic Redpoll


Arctic Redpoll
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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: 2009-03-25
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 40 D, Canon EF 300mm / F2.8 L USM, Digital RAW 400, Canon 2x extender II
Exposure: f/11, 1/250 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): CeltickRanger's favorite Bird photos -4- [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2009-03-29 0:05
Viewed: 870
Points: 36
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
First I will thank all for the nice comments and words of my last post.

Today’s post is q quite rare bird, the Arctic Redpoll, I don’t know if we have seen it before on TN. It’s very like the Red Poll as they can differs in colors and brightness. Often they are impossible to separate from the common Redpoll.
But in this case I had a lot of help to get the right ID, it’s taken at the birdclubs feeding station, and I had company with 3 other bird photographers and 3 experience bird watchers from the birdclub. The Arctic Poll have almost no markings on the belly and have white spots on the back and have a smaller red spot on the head.
They live far north but in the winter they can migrate to south in company with big flocks of Red Poll.
It’s taken with my 300mm and 2x extender. I’m sorry the picture is not of the best quality with busy BG but it’s the best picture so far.
Maybe I get a new chance before they return north.
It was also a nice birthday present. :-)
I hope you like this Arctic Poll.

The Arctic Redpoll, Carduelis hornemanni, is a species of the finch family, Fringillidae. It breeds in tundra birch forest. It has two subspecies, C. h. hornemanni (Greenland Arctic Redpoll) of Greenland and neighbouring parts of Canada, and C. h. exilipes, which breeds in the tundra of northern North America (where it is known as the Hoary Redpoll) and Eurasia. Many birds remain in the far north; some birds migrate short distances south in winter, sometimes travelling with Common Redpolls.
The Greenland race is a very large and pale bird, with the male sometimes described as a "snowball", but both forms are pale with small beaks, white rumps and often more yellow than grey-brown tones in their plumage. The females are more streaked on their breasts, sides and rumps, but are still pale.
The binomial commemorates the Danish botanist Jens Wilken Hornemann.

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Canon 300mm/F2.8 L, 2.0x Extender, Tripod
ISO 400, Raw-format, AV-mode, spot metering, +2/3 Ev
Converted in Canon DPP, Levels, Contrast, Crop, resized to 800 pixels, Smart Sharpen ,PP in PS CS4.
Well calibrated Eizo monitor
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  • zetu Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 643 W: 15 N: 1566] (6115)
  • [2009-03-29 0:43]

Hello Gert
Nice capture with good details, light and beautiful colors. Well done.
Regards
Razvan

Hi Gert,
Yesterday I was browsing your photos in one of the photos you have mentioned not to give any points. Is it applicable till now or it was for only that particular post. A beautiful capture of this Arctic Redpoll. Excellent sharp details and a lovely composition. Thanks a lot for sharing.

Hi Gert, an awesome capture of this cute fellow from nice low POW with immaculate details on its plumage, lovely pose and especially its curious glances:).
By the way thanks for your kind wishes on my new "toy":)
Have a great Sunday MF!
Cheers,
Bayram

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3802 W: 190 N: 11310] (34871)
  • [2009-03-29 1:35]

Hej Gert,
Congratulations on not only capturing a rare Swedish species, but on taking such a fine portrait of it! In fact it is the best shot of Snösiskan that I have seen! Technically it is superb with fine sharpness and light management and the low side POV on the snow is excellent.
I think it has been posted on TN before from Canada, where it is also called the Hoary Redpoll.
Thanks for sharing this rare beauty,
Hälsningar,
Ivan

Jag längtar riktigt vårväder!

Hello Gert,
thank you for your welcome comment and useful suggestions to m y picture;
a wonderful capture of Arctic Redpoll taken with outstanding sharpness and lighting, perfect exposure with fantastic colours, i like the lovely pose of the bird on the snow in a nice composition.
TFS
Best regards
Maurizio

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2380 W: 94 N: 5487] (17484)
  • [2009-03-29 3:16]

Hello Gert,
I believe this is very special for Sweden (Ivan and you). Congratulations.
Great low POV and beautiful natural colours. Good sharpness and composition.
Regards,
Peter

Ciao Gert, lovely bird in the snow with good colors, fine details and splendid sharpness, very well done, ciao Silvio

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2705 W: 74 N: 8864] (30243)
  • [2009-03-29 11:10]

Hello Gert!

Don't even say a word about Arctic now, it's Spring my old friend :-)
Beautifull, small bird with interesting colours. You perfectly exposured this photo in very hard conditions with lots of sunlight and white colour. Good low POV and nice pose.

hello Gert
beautiful picture
great sharpness and good composition
great details
greeting lou

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2904 W: 34 N: 8600] (32056)
  • [2009-03-29 12:30]

Hi Gert. I see you still have some snow about. I was watching some Redpolls today i was surprised how many feed on the ground when a feeder was there. You have taken this one with fine detail and natural looking colours. well done TFS. All with interesting notes.
Nick..

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  • Heaven Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 807 W: 108 N: 1729] (6030)
  • [2009-03-29 12:34]

Hi Gert!

It's fine to notice that there are still rare animals shown on TN. Your posting is a very valuable testimony. From the technical side, I see that your whites are almost burnt and the whole picture is a little bit bright. But this does not change anything to the fact it is very pleasant to look at. Your notes are very instructive and interesting, too.

Kind regards

Markus

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2493 W: 11 N: 6885] (21912)
  • [2009-03-29 14:11]

Hi Gert,

You must have been thrilled to get such a fine capture of a rare bird! I think this little Arctic Redpoll was saying happy birthday to you - I love the opened beak. Your notes are very interesting and show how hard it can be to properly identify some birds.

Jane

Hello Gert
The BG is perhaps a bit busy but we must taken the shots wenn we have a good opportunity and can not always wait the perfect conditions
I like your photo very well, the bird is very sharp with nice details especially on his head and his shiny eye
have a good evening
Jacqueline

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  • gannu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1169 W: 4 N: 3262] (14691)
  • [2009-03-30 10:14]

Gert good shot with the focus of the bird. Lovely eye catch. Well done Ganesh

Guess it was a difficult situation to shoot this with all those whites, but you have managed to get a good shot of the bird with all details intact.The catch light is special and its really a cute looking bird. The whites below the tail can be subdued further by a burn tool in PS is what i feel! what do you think?

Gert,

Nice capture of the Red Poll. You have done a very good job of getting the detail in the white of the bid and yet not OS the snow and loose detail there. The seed in the beak tops it off.

Nice job.

Bob

hello Gert

beautiful photo of the Arctic Redpoll, fine low POV,
alo fine DOF and framing, beautiful luminosity
of the image, excellent sharpness and details
of the bird's plumage and even the snow, TFS

Asbed
p.s. in North America they call it Hoary Redpoll,

Michel (MMM) have posted a photo :
http://www.treknature.com/viewphotos.php?l=3&p=199563

and i have posted a photo of one in-flight :
http://www.treknature.com/viewphotos.php?l=3&p=199983

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3581 W: 143 N: 5669] (18529)
  • [2009-04-07 11:33]

Hi Gert.
Once more excellent shot with stunning exposure and excellent sharpness. You are a brave man to use such heavy lens but it is amazing as well as the shots taken with its help. Low POV is great as well as right composition of the picture. DOF is superb especially for used lens combination. Thanks and kind wishes.
Alexei.

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