Lesser Grey Shrike

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• Royaldevon (3062)
• [2007-05-08 9:28]

Hello Akif,
After visiting your site, I understand why you are calleed 'Raptorman'! This is a lovely clear shot. The bird is holding on in a wonderful, parallel way to give you great composition. What a pity it isn't looking at the camera so its eye could be seen. Never mind! We can't always have everything!
Kind regards,
Bev :-)

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• Argus (21879)
• [2007-05-08 9:30]

Hello Akif,
Fine sharp and well composed capture of a male Lesser Grey Shrike with good pose. The expsure is just right to show the colours well.
TFS and best wishes, Ivan

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• SelenE (11684)
• [2007-05-08 9:37]

Hi Akif,
Well done on the exposure handling. Very nice composition and colors and a nice species. TFS

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• uleko (22222)
• [2007-05-08 9:43]

Hello Akif,
Splendid capture of this Shrike in a nice pose. Great sharpness and wonderful colours in this beautiful composition.
Many thanks, Ulla

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• trinko (4310)
• [2007-05-08 9:55]

nice colors good focus interesting pose, i'd lighten the face around the eye though

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• Necipp (100)
• [2007-05-08 10:08]

Merb Akif a fine sharp detailed shot amazing sharpness considering the 1.4x converter. TFS selamlar Necip.

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• MMM (6744)
• [2007-05-08 10:21]

Hello Akif
Very nice capture , sharp image I like the details of the feather.The colors are very nice and your POV is excellent.
TFS Michel

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• demeve (3884)
• [2007-05-08 11:57]

Hello Akif, what a fantstic shot of this Shrike, the collors are amazing, you really did a good job, the blue sky as BG is perfect, great POV and composition..well done..

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• hatti52 (1027)
• [2007-05-08 14:00]

Merhaba
Çok iyi netlik ve kompozisyon
Elinize sağlık

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• BG07 (48)
• [2007-05-08 15:04]
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Много качествена за работа с екстендар

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• cloud (1637)
• [2007-05-08 15:17]

Hello Akif,
Very well done, superb sharpnes and compo.
Best regards, Pawel

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• parvulescubio (1531)
• [2007-05-08 16:13]

Hi Akif
you show this bird in a very simple and accurate mode,
TFS,
Lucian

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• lee (84)
• [2007-05-08 18:09]

Hi Akif, like the diagonal perch. Interesting pose. Some nice colors in the bird along with detail. Good composition. Thanks.

Lee

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• Adanac (13272)
• [2007-05-08 22:46]

Hello Akif,
Great image captured with excellent camera work, the colors and sharpness are outstanding, thanks for sharing.
Rick

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• jaycee (13845)
• [2007-05-09 11:06]

Hi Akif,

Lovely capture of a striking looking bird. I love the simplicity of this picture. Beautiful colors and details and a nice pose. Wonderful composition.

Jane

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• rousettus (7195)
• [2007-05-09 15:27]

great composition. BG, colours, details, sharpness very beautiful.
well done

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• snowfalken (1780)
• [2007-05-09 19:23]
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Hello Akif,

What a wonderful capture of this interesting, slender bird! I've never seen this species before!

Composition:

A very clean and simple composition! The lack of distracting objects is a great asset. The superb profile is well shown against the blue sky! Somehow I wish the large empty area in the left side was in the right side, so that the bird has the larger space in front, not behind. But this is just my preference, not a negative point.

Colors:

The very good and natural colors make your picture easy to look at! The colors are well saturated and look great on the blue background!

Contrast:

The contrast is very good as it shapes every detail of the subject! Blue and orange are complementary colors and make a great contrast. They emphasize each other!

Exposure:

Very good exposure to show excellent details in both shadows and highlights! The sun must have been pretty strong as you used such a short shutter speed! I wasn't able to find any over- or underexposed areas. Great camera work!

Focus:

Focus was precisely achieved on the subject! It rendered sharp details in both the plumage and the branch. The DOF was well controlled to avoid sharpness fall-off on the shrike's body!

A wonderful capture! I wish you provided more informations about this bird and the shooting conditions! Thank you very much!

With Friendly Regards,
Eddie

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• coasties (27492)
• [2007-05-11 23:21]

Hi Akif

The apricot coloured plumage on the breast and under belly is beautiful. I like the head turn pose too. This is a lovely image. Well done! TFS.