Ant Hunter

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• Jamesp (15234)
• [2008-07-14 22:38]

Hi Ivan

Great shot - the pose with the insect in its mouth is great. I also like the eye contact here. Great detail and lighting too.

James

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• gracious (12682)
• [2008-07-14 22:45]

Hello Ivan,
What a lovely cute pose of the Bluethroat!
first class exposure and focus in this image with great sharpness, awesome colour and details
well done and many thanks for the notes as well
greeting
Tony

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• boreocypriensis (15200)
• [2008-07-15 0:29]
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Hi my friend Ivan,
A lovely and great shot of a beautifully coloured Blueethroat with subepb details, wonderful POV and DOF. Excelent in all around.
TFS my friend.
Cheers,

Bayram

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• rousettus (9298)
• [2008-07-15 0:30]

good morning Ivan
When I see the title on e-mail alert, I thought that it might be a hedgehog or shrews:) But now I see a beautiful Blue-throat with prey. Great scene. POV and composition wonderful, also sharpness and focus great. As you mentioned, our subspecies different and throat patch a bit different. Great work indeed. Thanks. have a nice day,my friend
Ahmet

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• mayuresh (916)
• [2008-07-15 0:42]

Hello Ivan,
what a beautiful bird with cute pose,great moment capture,perfect sharpness and dof,nice pov,
well done,
tfs

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• siggi (4706)
• [2008-07-15 0:52]

Hello Ivan,
fantastic illustration for this pretty bird, great details and clear colors.
Best regards Siggi

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• ralfsworld (6134)
• [2008-07-15 1:15]
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Hej Ivan
Nice shot of this exotic and colorful one. Interesting notes as usually.
TFS / Hälsningar
Ralf

p.s. Har kommit till Java idag, efter Borneo. Har en del med bilder från regnskogen. Fjärilar var ibland jätte stora och inte lätt att springa efter. Har tagit kanske tjugotal fågel, fyra ap och några fjäril och dragnfly arter... mycket med värme och fukt.

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• efsus (1878)
• [2008-07-15 1:33]

Merhaba Ivan,
Bu karışık ortamda bu güzel kuşun hiç kayıp vermeden harikulade bir karesini sunmuşsunuz. Muhteşem renkler ve kompozisyonun yanına bir de bonus ekleyerek muthiş bir iş çıkartmışsınız. Çok hoş bir çalışma olmuş.
Hüseyin

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• red45 (26975)
• [2008-07-15 1:42]

Hello Ivan!

What a beautifull bird! Shame on me, but I've never seen it before. Its fantastic colours looks like taken from tropical bird. Great pose and moment with insect on beak.

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• haraprasan (13336)
• [2008-07-15 1:59]

Hi Ivan,
A lovely capture of this beautiful blue throat along with its prey. Superb details and a lovely composition. Thanks a lot for sharing.

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• rkailas (743)
• [2008-07-15 2:18]

Hi Ivan

Excellent picture of this beautiful bluethroat. The light is so appealing that you can sense that spring is in the air.

TFS
Ravi

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• PaulH (11487)
• [2008-07-15 4:16]

Hi Ivan,
what a fine specimen you have caught here. A beautiful setting amongst all that green foliage, which really makes the Blue throat stand out gloriously.
Your shot here is the result of great observation and of experience of how to position yourself correctly to put this bird at ease enough to hunt in near proximity to you. Great detail and a sharp focus too - very well done!
tfs
Paul

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• SelenE (12926)
• [2008-07-15 4:16]

Hi Ivan,
It's a very nice catch for both of you. Eye-level POV, catchlight in the eye and composition are very nice. TFS
Best wishes,
Selen

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• vral (871)
• [2008-07-15 4:29]

Hello Ivan,

lovely capture of this Blue Throat with prey in its beak. Composition,colors and details are great.
thanks for sharing
vral

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• falke (1616)
• [2008-07-15 6:06]
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This is an absolutely amazing photo. It must be great to get this close to this beauty. I have seen them a couple of times here in Småland but always very swiftly. Did you use a hide or anything?

I think the insect and the look of the bird makes this photo very special.
Best regards/Bengt

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• bahadir (426)
• [2008-07-15 6:08]

Hello Ivan, perfect and splendid capture of this beautiful bird in feeding. TFS. Regards,
Bahadır

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• MMM (7260)
• [2008-07-15 6:49]

Hi Ivan
Beautiful razor sharp presentation.Excellent POV and very nice pose from your subject.Details an colors are outstanding.
TFS Michel

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• eqshannon (21899)
• [2008-07-15 7:11]

Oh Ivan...What a beautiful coloured bird!!! I absolutely fall in love with this one becuase of it's blue. My mother said when I was only i single digits that this would be my favorite. I saw it in her handwritten journals much later and sure enough...True in most things. well seen.
Bob

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• PeterZ (9535)
• [2008-07-15 9:06]

Hello Ivan,
Excellent photo of this Bluethroat in a great pose and composition. The low POV is amazing. Colours and sharpness are superb.
Regards,
Peter

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• jaycee (16095)
• [2008-07-15 10:00]

Hi Ivan,

I love this!!! The Bluethroat is such a beautiful bird to begin with and this shot of him is spectacular. Colors and details are magnificent - even a wonderful sparkle in his eye. But quite an accomplishment to capture him with the winged insect in his mouth! Gorgeous setting and stunning composition.

Jane

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• maurydv (5726)
• [2008-07-15 11:55]

Un'altra splendida immagine di pettazzurro, eccellenti POV e composizione per il tempestivo momento di cattura, la bellissima posa dell'uccello, la vegetazione colorata in primo piano e l'ottimo OOF BG, molto buona la definizione, bellissimi i colori e la luce. Grazie e complimenti. Ciao Maurizio

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• nglen (22528)
• [2008-07-15 13:21]

Hi Ivan Under the conditions that you took this picture you still have a very good close up. A very nice pose with its beak full of insects. good colours in the fetahers with fine detail. I like the low down POV. well done TFS.
Nick..

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• joey (22002)
• [2008-07-15 14:12]

Hi Ivan,
brilliant photo of this Bluethroat.
The colours are beautiful!
Good sharpness and clarity.
Excellent composition.

Great work!

Joe

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• Mana (17188)
• [2008-07-15 16:07]

Hi Ivan,
Just marking this one, I will be back.
Sumon

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• ramthakur (26195)
• [2008-07-15 18:09]

Hi Ivan,
You look good in your new pic taken by your son :).
A slight noise is inconsequential in an action picture like this one. The bird has been shot beautifully and in a graceful pose, holding the ant in its beak.
The blue colour on the throat with the patch of brown on it is truly beautiful.
Thanks for sharing this new image and best regards.
Ram

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• goldyrs (4844)
• [2008-07-15 19:05]

This is a lovely shot, Ivan!Sorry am very busy with work these days!
Cheers!
Goldy

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• CeltickRanger (7691)
• [2008-07-15 20:40]

hello Ivan

excellent shot of this beautiful bird with his capture, i love the superb
POV, DOF and framing, i love the green vegetation and the natural
habitat in the image, i also love the proud pose of the bird,
excellent luminosity, great sharpness and details of the image,
and the beautiful catch-light that changes completaly
the aspect of the image by improving it, TFS

Asbed

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• Silvio2006 (26183)
• [2008-07-16 0:23]

Ciao Ivan, great capture for you and for this wonderful bird with fantastic colors, splendid sharpness and fine details, very well done, ciao Silvio

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• cataclysta (4772)
• [2008-07-16 0:27]

Hi Ivan
I like the natural surrounding very much Great idea with OOF foreground with leafs and grasses. I like your ant hunter very much
Best wishes
Krzysztof

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• zulfu (669)
• [2008-07-16 0:27]

Hello again Ivan, another superb capture of a beauty. TFS. Regards, Mehmet

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• fartash (10303)
• [2008-07-16 9:46]

Hello Ivan
Excellent shot of this Bluethroat,
Perfect focusing,DOF and composition.
Welldone my friend.

Good Luck
Fartash

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• EOSF1 (23221)
• [2008-07-16 10:50]

Hello Ivan! That's quite a great capture my friend, a bird I don't know, a perfect pose and a great moment. The image is well composed and the details are very sharp, a very good work, thanks!

Mario

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• rcrick (3860)
• [2008-07-17 0:36]

Dear Ivan,

What an amazing looking bird, the colours are simply stunning, love the framing amongst the natural foliage, perfect d.o.f, just an excellent composition all round, all the best,

Cheers Rick :)

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• iris (2478)
• [2008-07-19 1:33]

Hi Ivan

What a wonderful scene captured here...as usual i guess the male is more colourful than the female....

As i spend more time on each critique i am not able to write for each post made by so many of you here.Thus, i also missed one of your earlier posts of the same bird.But i think this one is no less than the earlier one.Infact this one is in action!

I like the ground level PoV that you have used and God!you were lucky in getting the liberty to click at free will.I guess food comes first!

I love the bib like brown around the throat and i also feel this is one of the most distinct features of the bird.The pacth of blue on the neck is a superb contrast against the general colour of the bird.The capture being a setting right out of an everyday scene makes it more appreciable.

Good colours,contrasts and lighting. The crop does not affect the beauty of the picture in any way. The foliage and green around provides a very refreshing ambience to the whole composition.

I am also glad that you posted the less colourful female as supporting material.

Very well done.
TFS & Cheers