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I and my prey


I and my prey
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Copyright: Seyed Babak Musavi (babak) Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 49 W: 0 N: 195] (942)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-02-15
Categories: Birds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-03-19 12:38
Viewed: 811
Points: 20
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I have tried to take some shot of this beauty stone chat in action in Helleh protected area in SW of Iran in border to Persian gulf but I like this shot for nice color and one insect that it wanted to hunting that but about stonechat :
The European Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola[1]) is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, family Muscicapidae. They, with similar small species in the family, are often called chats.

The European Stonechat is somewhat smaller than the European Robin. Both sexes have distinctively short wings, shorter than those of the more migratory Whinchat and Siberian Stonechat. The summer male rubicola has black upperparts, a black head, an orange throat and breast, and a white belly and vent. It also has white patches on the sides of its neck, a small white scapular patch on the wings, and a very small white patch on the rump often streaked with black. The female has paler brown upperparts and head, and no white neck patches, rump or belly, these areas being streaked dark brown on paler brown, the only white being the scapular patch on the wings and even this often being buffy-white.

European Stonechats breed in heathland, coastal dunes and rough grassland with scattered small shrubs and bramble, open gorse, tussocks or heather. They are non-migratory or short-distance migrants, with part of the population moving south to winter further south in Europe and more widely in north Africa.

The male has a clicking call like stones knocking together, for which it was named. The song is high and twittering like a Dunnock.

Two doubtfully distinct subspecies are accepted: the Central European Stonechat S. r. rubicola in the south and east of its range, and the Western European Stonechat of western and NW Europe, notably the Atlantic coastal areas, S. r. hibernans. They are hardly different in appearance, but nDNA microsatellite fingerprinting reveals some degree of separation (Wink et al. 2002). Together, these two races are found throughout western, central and southern Europe, the extreme northwest of Africa and western Turkey.
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Beautifull, amazing compo and crop!
Excellent BG and details on the bird.
Andrea

Hello Babak
Very nice shot of this chat,
Great sharpness and lighting,
Fantastic colors,Welldone.

Regards
Fartash

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  • mamcg Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 96 W: 4 N: 29] (2000)
  • [2007-03-19 13:31]

I do appreciate your efforts as you tried much and the frame is good with blur back ground, TFS.

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  • tomcezar Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 175 W: 0 N: 235] (1309)
  • [2007-03-19 13:57]

Very good composition, it is fantastic shoot. Unique. Bravo. Very good details, colours, BG and light. Best regards, Cezar T.

Hi Seyed

An interesting shot showing in insect on the right with the Stonechat eying it up. Good composition. :-)

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  • delic Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 530 W: 6 N: 340] (936)
  • [2007-03-19 16:25]

Hello Babak,
That's quite a catch. Wonder what happened next. Composition is just excellent, and so is exposure and the sharpness of the bird. Well done.
Regards,
Hakan

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  • MMM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 751 W: 0 N: 1506] (6876)
  • [2007-03-19 16:53]

Hi Babak
very nice composition,Like the colours and DOF.was he able to catch the fly ?
TFS Michel

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  • Juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2039 W: 6 N: 2020] (13261)
  • [2007-03-19 19:05]

Hola amigo,
excelente trabajo,
original detalles, bello bg.
saludos Seyed.

Haha! Very interesting. it doesn't look as interested in its prey as it is looking at you! sharp, colors are nice, and DOP is good.
Steph

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  • sayat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 269 W: 0 N: 193] (1095)
  • [2007-03-23 7:09]

Excellent composition! The shot of destiny.

great composition, TFS Ori

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