Whitethroat

[Rich Steel]

Hi

The common whitethroat is a summer visiting warbler to the UK. They are a difficult bird to photograph as they like to skulk around in deep vegetation. It took about a week of repeat visits, before and after work, to a particular male I had located before I started to get some shots I was happy with

This is a male in full song on one of five singing perches in his territory.

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k217/squidfish_2006/witsun2-1.jpg

Taken with 1Dmk2N and 500mm. ISO400 at F4 0.33 EV at 1/800s.

Cheers

Rich

[Marko Matesic]

Another superb image Rich!
I must say i have been very impressed with detail colors and BG

[Shaoqing He]

A very nice capture.

[Maxis Gamez]

Great composition, BG and pose. You have a winner here!

[Arthur Morris]

Great BKGR, singing beautifully, perfect exposure. A small crop from top and bottom might strengthen it considerably.

laer and love, artie

PS: Revisting this image, I cropped it a bit as above and selctively sharpened the face with a Quick Mask and a contrast mask: Unshapr Mask: 15/65/0.

[Glenn Bartley]

Definitely a winner! I agree with Artie though. Personally I like to keep my crops 3:2 ratio.

[Dobromir Dobrinov]

Very good.Nice colors,action and composition.The BG is beautifull and the bird is sharp.Well done!!

[Jan Wegener]

fantastic !!! I know how hard they are to get that open

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Very nice singing pose. I'm not crazy by the perch but the details on the bird make me forget it.
Szimi

[Del Cockroft]

Brilliant.!!!