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Goldfinch&Milk thistle


Goldfinch&Milk thistle
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Copyright: Fikret Yorgancioglu (fiyo) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 981 W: 5 N: 2683] (10330)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-05-26
Categories: Birds
Camera: Nikon D70, Sigma EX 50-500mm f/4-6.3 APO HSM DG
Exposure: f/7.1, 1/800 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Pintassilgo - Carduelis carduelis [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-05-28 10:43
Viewed: 1784
Favorites: 7 [view]
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Goldfinch

Scientific classification :
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Genus: Carduelis
Species: C. carduelis

Binomial name
Carduelis carduelis
(Linnaeus, 1758)

TR name: Saka

The Goldfinch or European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) is a small passerine bird in the finch family.

RANGE
It breeds across Europe, north Africa, and western and central Asia, in open, partially wooded lowlands. It is resident in the milder west of its range, but migrates from colder regions. It will also make local movements, even in the west, to escape bad weather. It has been introduced to many areas of the world (Snow and Perrins 1998).

APPEARANCE
Feeding on thistles - note thistledown in billIt is 12-13 cm long with a wingspan of 21-25 cm and a weight of 14 to 19 grams. The sexes are alike, with a red face, black and white head, warm brown upperparts, white underparts with buff flanks and breast patches, and black and yellow wings. The ivory-coloured bill is long and pointed, and the tail is forked. Juveniles have a plain head and a greyer back but are unmistakable due to the yellow wing stripe. Birds in central Asia (caniceps group) have a plain grey head behind the red face, lacking the black and white head pattern of European and western Asian birds.
Behaviour
The food is small seeds such as thistles (the Latin name is from carduus, thistle) and teasels, but insects are also taken when feeding young. It also regularly visits bird feeders in winter. They nest in the outer twigs of tall leafy trees, laying four to six eggs which hatch in 11-14 days.
In the winter they group together to form flocks of up to about 40 birds, occasionally more.
The song is a pleasant silvery twittering. The call is a melodic tickeLIT, and the song is a pleasant tinkling medley of trills and twiters, but always including the trisyllabic call phrase or a teLLIT-teLLIT-teLLIT.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carduelis_carduelis

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bonjour fikret
merveilleuse photo,en plein repas et avec des couleurs belles et naturelles.
c'est net et detaillé.
parfaitement composé.
laurent

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  • delic Gold Star Critiquer [C: 449 W: 6 N: 310] (898)
  • [2007-05-28 10:51]

Merhaba,
Sakanin renkleri, durusu çok güzel. Keskinlik ve isik dengesi de mükemmel. Üzerinde durdugu bitkiyle bütünlügü arkadaki yesil fonla birlikte çok iyi düsünülmüs. Tebrikler.
Hakan

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  • smitha Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 322 W: 79 N: 1001] (3743)
  • [2007-05-28 10:53]

Hello Fikret,
What a beautiful shot!Excellent sharpness and details.Perfect POV and DOF. A very colourful bird set in a beautiful green background.Beautiful composition.Is it eating the seeds of Milkweed?
TFS, Smitha.

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1869 W: 83 N: 4356] (14169)
  • [2007-05-28 11:01]

Hello Fikret,
Fantastic photo of this Goldfinch.Very sharp with a lot of details. Beautiful colours, BG, POV, DOF and composition. One of the best photos of a Goldfinch I've ever seen!
Regards,
Peter

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3475 W: 143 N: 5502] (18019)
  • [2007-05-28 11:16]

Bravo, Fikret.
Outstanding picture at any aspect. The best presentation of this nice bird. Vibrant colours, razor sharpness and perfect lighting. Fantastic DOF and beautifulness of the BG. Composition is superb and so on. My congratulations.
Alexei.

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  • horia Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2135 W: 222 N: 4188] (14217)
  • [2007-05-28 11:19]

Hi Fikret

A very beautiful capture again from you!
The timing here is terrific and it shows us this lovely goldfinch with a little something in its beak!
Excellent sharpness, spot-on exposure and some very pretty colors everywhere.
Also impeccable DOF that gave you plenty of cearance for the BG.

Bravo and TFS
Horia

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  • MMM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 880 W: 0 N: 1858] (8364)
  • [2007-05-28 11:20]

Hi Firket
Very nice image.Very sharp with lovely colors.I like your composition and the details that we see from the plumage.Also nice catchlight in the eye of the bird..
TFS Michel

Great bird image Fikret.
Fantastically beautiful color contrast and most wonderful soft BG colors.
Composition, sharpness and clarity are excellent.
Perfect work. Best regards, Harry

Hello Fikret
What a great shot of this Goldfinch,
Perfect details, DOF and lighting,
Great composition and POV,Superb shot.

Good Luck
Fartash

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  • pirate Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 443 W: 99 N: 593] (3055)
  • [2007-05-28 11:50]

Wow
Every single feather can be counted
Great
Tom

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  • Zeno Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 453 W: 0 N: 964] (8317)
  • [2007-05-28 11:54]

Hi Fikret,

This is an imposing shot. Very sharp and splendid colors. I like to see this bird eating seeds. My compliments.

regards,
Zeno.

Hola Fikret.
Buena imagen con unos detalles fantásticos.
Perfecta escena, con una iluminación genial.
Buena nota.
Saludos, JL.

Each of your bird pictures is worth waiting for, Fikret.
My, what a stunningly beautiful capture of this Goldfinch!
Everything is absolutely beautiful about this superb image.
My favourite again :-).
Regards.

Fikret merhaba , netlik , renk doygunluğu ve arka plan kalitesi mükemmel , eline sağlık.

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  • star74 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 294 W: 5 N: 619] (2466)
  • [2007-05-28 15:16]

Merhaba Fikret Bey,
Çok beğendim,
Mükemmel,
Tebrikler

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  • Juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2200 W: 6 N: 2428] (14893)
  • [2007-05-28 16:38]

Hola Fikret,
es un lujo esta captura,
este bello pájaro es mi preferido,
perfecto momento,
y detalles extraordinarios,
muchos saludos TFS.

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  • GLEM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 512 W: 87 N: 692] (5873)
  • [2007-05-28 16:43]

hi Fikret,
superbe image de ce chardonneret, les couleurs sont vives, le plumage bien détaillé. Bravo.

gl

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  • ridvan Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 555 W: 0 N: 1134] (5196)
  • [2007-05-28 16:43]

merhaba fikret bey; renkler, netlik,isik ayari,arka plan, ve diğer öğeleriyle cok güzel bir saka calismasi tebrikler

Hi Fiket,

Excellent shot
compo, sharpness, colours, POV, pose and DOF are PERFECT

TFS Thijs

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  • lee Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 37 W: 0 N: 23] (84)
  • [2007-05-28 21:12]

HI Fikret, a very nice capture here. Absolutely wonderful colors and great detail. Nice bokeh to make the bird pop. Good perch and composition. Nice work, thankyou.

Lee

Hi Fikret,
Beautiful presentation of this colorful goldfinch. The image is sharp and well exposed. Nice blurred background that make this goldfinch stands out. TFS,
JC

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  • pvs Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1169 W: 261 N: 3012] (13699)
  • [2007-05-29 1:45]

Hi Fikret,

an excellent capture of this colorfull bird,very nice composition,well done and tfs

Paul

gayet temiz bir çalışma...netlik ve habitatı ile komposizyonlanması ayrıca hoş...
tebrikler ve elinize sağlık...

Hi Fikret ,
great focus and it has wonderful colours.
interesting moment and BG is excellent.
very well done
thanks for sharing
Regards
Saeed

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  • anel Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1446 W: 0 N: 3132] (12809)
  • [2007-05-29 3:34]

hello Fikret,
Again a marvellous shot of a Goldfinch. They are very beautiful and photogenic birds. Very vivid picture, sharpness and framing are like always excellent
have a nice day
Anne

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4774 W: 294 N: 4020] (13209)
  • [2007-05-29 5:03]

Merhaba Fikret Bey,
Her zamanki gibi mükemmel.Kadraj,arka plan,kuşun pozu,canlılık,herşey 4/4 lük.Selamlar,ellerinize sağlık!

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  • SelenE Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2381 W: 63 N: 4145] (13494)
  • [2007-05-29 5:08]

Merhaba Fikret Bey,
Poz, kompozisyon ve renkler cok guzel. Elinize saglik.

Hola Fikret,
¡Que pájaro tan bonito, y que guapo lo sacaste!, TFS. Saludos
José Ramón

Merhaba Fikret, splendid bird with great colors, lovely sharp composition, very well done, ciao Silvio

Hi Fikret,

A magnificent picture. Technically this picture is perfect, there are really no nits. You even got the bird feeding. Very well done!

Jan-Hendrik

P.S. My points for today are finished, I will be back tomorrow.

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2316 W: 11 N: 6385] (20516)
  • [2007-05-29 10:36]

Hi Fikret,

This Goldfinch on the milk thistle is a winner!! Absolutely beautiful. Colors, details, pose, setting, bg, composition are all perfect. That's a big seed in his mouth.

Jane

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  • mikou Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 840 W: 67 N: 1311] (5269)
  • [2007-05-29 17:00]

Hi Fikret.
Excellent capture of this very colorful bird with food in beak.Beautiful composition with nice POV and pretty pose.Perfect sharp details in plumage.Colors are wonderful as well as very good managed blurred BG.Congratulate on hereto precise shot.
TFS,with greeting Milos.

Merhaba Fikret,
A very impressive capture of this goldfinch!
The sharpness of the image and clear details are magnificent.
I like so much the colours and patterns on the bird's plumage.
DOF choice works great in this image, the nicely blurred background stands up the subject.
It's very good the composition made.
Congratulations and thanks for share it.
My best regards,
JM

Hello Fikret,
This is another amazing capture with nice action, perfect color, details, composition and POV. You Goldfinches look very different from ours but they are beautiful too. This green blurred BG is perfect. This is really well done. Thanks!
Claudine

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  • Maite Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1007 W: 64 N: 1266] (5195)
  • [2007-05-30 9:30]

Fantastic Goldfinch!
A marvellous capture with those fantastic colors, sharpness and beautiful blurred bg!
I like very much his pose and how he is eating on the thistle.
Congratulations and thank you very much for sharing.
Greetings
Maite

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  • izler Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 1380 W: 3 N: 30] (262)
  • [2007-05-30 16:38]

merhaba Fikret
bu guzel ve de sevimli sakayı iyi bir poz ve kompozisyonla yakin cekime almissin
bakis acisi, arka plan, alan derinligi, isik, renkler, netlik, detaylar, bilgi notu ve sade cerceve harika olmus
eline saglik
selamlar
izler

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  • krall Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 165 W: 0 N: 56] (2238)
  • [2007-06-04 1:04]

very nice capture

hello fikret!
exellent...beautiful!!
congrat!

Belle photo bien prise et nette,les couleurs sont superbes et bien visibles .Amitiés Thomas
Je reviens.

Hello Fikret,
Beautiful bird! Great color and sharp focus , nice Dof background. Your goldfinch sure look different than ours! Love all the colors! TFS
Donna:o)

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  • EOSF1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1381 W: 126 N: 5246] (23469)
  • [2007-11-17 11:18]

Hello Fikret, that's a winner for sure, so sharp and the exposure is spot on ! That bird on the thistle is something great ! Perfect background and composition. Thanks !

Mario

Hi Fikret,
Beautiful capture, beautiful bird mf.
Excellent!
Howard

What a beautiful shot!Excellent sharpness and details.

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