Rufous Whistler

[Jan Wegener]

I have been quite busy lately and have not posted much, but I always check out the great images posted on here.

Here's one from a few weeks ago. It's a male Rufous Whistler in full song. The light conditions were a bit tricky, but I was lucky that he started singing when the light was relatively even. A few minutes later and my perch would have been half in shade.

1D Mark IV
600 L IS
ISO 1600
F 6.3
1/320

I just posted my "Best of 2013" (http://vogelfotografien.wordpress.com/2014/01/10/best-of-2013/) on my bloh. Feel free to check it out :)

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Beautiful Jan. Love the pose the perch bg ... all works

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the singing pose, sharpness, BG and how the perch runs through the frame. Beautiful image Jan!

[keith mitchell]

Beautiful neat clean image,singing pose of the bird really makes it for me.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Killer setup, Jan. Perfect pose, perch and bg. Love it.
Enjoyed your best of too. TFS.

[Bill Dix]

Sweet bird, fantastic singing pose, lovely perch and bg. Good exposure in tough conditions, with nice detail in the white throat. Only nit is some haloing on the perch, maybe the result of masking?

[Holger Leyrer]

Awesome Image all around. Perfect exposure. Love the singing pose, colours, details and BG.

[Jan Wegener]

Sweet bird, fantastic singing pose, lovely perch and bg. Good exposure in tough conditions, with nice detail in the white throat. Only nit is some haloing on the perch, maybe the result of masking?

Hi Bill,
I think the haloing you are mentioning is the specific nature of this plant. I thought as well that there's halos around the edges of the leafs, but when I zoom in I can see that there's a thin layer of whiteish hairs around the edge of each leaf. That creates the sort of funny look in the web image.

[Ashley Cohen]

wow that is a stunning image, the detail pose and sharpness really capture my eye as do the excellent perch and background.

[Frank Schauf]

What a beauty! Love the calling pose.

[ThomasChadwick]

Great pose and a beautiful bird!

Thomas