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The White-breasted Nuthatch


The White-breasted Nuthatch
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Copyright: Asbed Iskedjian (CeltickRanger) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1800 W: 65 N: 4787] (15054)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-02-23
Categories: Birds
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S6000fd, FUJINON ZOOM LENS 28-300mm Equiv.135
Exposure: f/6.4, 1/2000 seconds
Details: (Fill) Flash: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-02-24 7:35
Viewed: 788
Points: 40
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Hello, after one month with out doing photos
i finally had back my SLR-Like camera from
the reperation and yesterday i went to the forest
Boisé Papineau and did this shot, image shoot in
JPEG format to double my 300mm zoom, ISO 400,

i just want to mention that my camera not having
image stabilizer i am happy of my shot
(the 300mm zoom was even doubled)
the subject is sharp and with Photoshop
habitally i give sharpness to my images
i did'nt give it to this image

but because i doubled the zoom
i lost some quality on the details
and this is normal i think

from this webpage here is a excellent text :
http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/054/articles/introduction

« The White-breasted Nuthatch is a small,
common resident of deciduous forests in
North America. Like other nuthatches, this species
characteristically walks head down- ward
on large branches and trunks, probing crevices
in bark for its seed and insect prey. It also uses such
crevices to hold fast large seeds and nuts, which this
bird then hacks open with its bill. The name “nuthatch”
is presumably derived from this behavior.

About 20 g in mass, this nuthatch generally
lives in pairs in permanent territories throughout
the year and regularly visits feeders during
fall and winter, a time of year when pairs hoard
food in large amounts, dispersing it throughout
their territory and using each site to cache
only one item. In some years, portions of western
and northern populations do show
migratory/irruptive movements, although it is not
clear who are these wandering individuals or if
they survive to breed near their natal areas or elsewhere

Despite this species’ wide distribution
and year-round presence in North America,
its biology is not well known. Why this lack
of information for such a common species?
In part, because these nuthatches prefer
to breed in natural holes in large, old trees,
so their nests are often difficult to examine.
Nevertheless, enough is known about
the White-breasted Nuthatch to reveal
its close resemblance to the Eurasian Nuthatch
(Sitta europaea) in life history and ecology,
more so than to any other North American nuthatch. »

thanks for viewing and critiques

Asbed
lise, jaycee, eqshannon, Argus, Jamesp, Adanac, warnzy, Alex99, Juyona has marked this note useful
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Salut Asbed,
C'est une très belle capture de cette Sitelle. Tou est extra dans cette photo, bravo!
Claudine

Bonjour Asbed
Très belle prise, belels couleurs, netteté et très belle attitude du sujet. Bravo
Amicalement Robi

Hello Asbed
Im pleased to hear that you have your camera back and I see that you have put it to good use on this shot...The details are sharp and perfect colour reproduction.
As for having IS..I dont have it and would like it..But you have to find a way round it as you have here.
Best Regards
paul

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  • lise Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 172 W: 51 N: 548] (2875)
  • [2008-02-24 8:07]

Bonjour Asbed,
Très belle sitelle! Le plumage de sa poitrine est très blanche! Beaux détails et prise de vue.
Bravo!
Lise

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2493 W: 11 N: 6885] (21912)
  • [2008-02-24 8:24]

Hi Asbed,

I'm so glad you have your camera again and what a fantastic shot for your first post with it. This Nuthatch in a nice perky pose is wonderful. Beautiful colors and sharp details. I like the composition too.

Jane

Some of these birds have an almost classic pose in which they push out their chest with head held out and back slightly. Must be a method of balancing or gaining frame of reference. Very nicely done in Colours true and natural!
Bob

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3802 W: 190 N: 11310] (34871)
  • [2008-02-24 8:35]

Hello Asbed,
I could see that you got your camera back before I read your note. This a fine sharp capture of the White-breasted Nuthatch in a typical pose on the treetrunk against a fine OOF natural BG.
Thanks for sharing this beauty,
Ivan

Asbed,

Great capture of this nuthatch,
I really like these little birds,
Very well done,

fototab

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  • Jamesp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1351 W: 0 N: 5494] (16522)
  • [2008-02-24 15:46]

Hi Asbed

Lovely POV and excellent detail and colours. Well seen and captured.

James

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  • demeve Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 603 W: 11 N: 1627] (5989)
  • [2008-02-24 18:55]

Hello Asbed,
Very nice capture, beautiful little bird. The BG is a little
busy but the bird is very sharp and clear.. Well done

Everton

Hi Asbed, lovely bird in great pose with splendid details, good colors and excellent sharpness, very well done, ciao Silvio

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  • Adanac Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1169 W: 1 N: 5208] (17609)
  • [2008-02-25 6:40]

Hi Asbed,
Wonderfully capture nuthatch in a classic head down pose. The details and colors captured by your camera work are superb, thank you my friend.
Rick

Hi Asbed,

Nice posting of this Nuthatch, and I'm pleased that you weren't tempted to crop too closely. The composition is great, with the interesting treetrunk taking a third of the frame on the vertical, the bird taking centre stage and a nice pattern of branches taking up the final third. This is matched perfectly by the bird taking the centre of the horizontal thirds, which balances the picture nicely. The detail and the pose of the bird are also great.

Mike

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  • RP1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 163 W: 1 N: 119] (2404)
  • [2008-02-25 14:49]

Salut Asbed,
Tres bien que ta caméras soit réparé. Ta photo est superbe. La posture les couleurs et le détail sont excellent.
Félicitation.
Roger

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  • lizzie Gold Star Critiquer [C: 207 W: 0 N: 605] (2855)
  • [2008-02-25 15:48]

Bonjour Asbed,

Tu dois être heureux d'avoir retrouvé ton appareil photo.
Une belle présentation de la sitelle, de belles couleurs, une excellente lumière et de bons détails dans le plumage. Bien fait!

Lise

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2008-02-25 20:10]

Hello Asbed

A lovely composition.The pose is excellent.
Very well illuminated with very good bright colours.
Excellent POV.
TFS

Rob

bonjour asbed
j'aime beaucoup la pose de cette petite sitelle,l'exposition est ideale sur l'oiseau.
la netteté est egalement tres bonne.
peut etre qu'un leger recadrage aurait été bien!
laurent

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3581 W: 143 N: 5669] (18529)
  • [2008-02-28 10:58]

Hi Asbed.
What a nice picture with wonderful clean colours, huge transparency of the image, full of lights and attractive details. I like fantastic reproduction of the trunk and bird, cute pose of the last one and very impressive blurred blue BG. Bravo.
Alexei.

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  • Juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2256 W: 10 N: 2618] (15517)
  • [2008-03-01 14:09]

Hola Asbed,
preciosa captura y bello pov,
excelente foco e iluminación,
saludos
pt

Witaj.
Naprawdę świetne zdjęcie! Podoba mi się kompozycja i to zawadiackie spojrzenie kowalika karolińskiego ;-)
TFS and regards
Alina

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