Fieldfare

[Rich Steel]

Hi

I decided to take a trip out to find some of my favourite thrushes recently which always provide a good challenge as they are so wary. There seems to be good numbers of fieldfare and redwing that have arrived in the UK this winter and fortunately I managed to catch some in some rare sun in what has been the wettest November on record. A group of birds were feeding on a rowan and were descending en mass in the hit and run style of waxwings.

The background was a brick wall of a building behind the tree.

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k217/squidfish_2006/Blog%20photos/fieldfare-2009-29_1.jpg

Taken with 7D with 500mm lens and 1.4TC.Taken at ISO400 F5.6 and 1/250s.

Cheers

Rich

[Zoltan Kovacs]

Fantastic comp! I like the colors and eyecontact. Congrat!

[Krijn Trimbos]

Excellent bird, good comp and nice perch. The BG is too good! Overall an excellent shot!

[Ofer Levy]

Beautiful image.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the soft light, sharpness, perch and BG. I'm wondering what it would look like if the bird were a bit lower in the frame.

[Harshad Barve]

soft light killer BG & perch and teriffic BG is winner here
VWD
TFS

[Nate Chappell]

Cool, head on pose and great bg, maybe a little more room on the right if you have it and a little less on the left.

[caseyargall]

love the comp, the colours and its sharp, great shot!

[Rich Steel]

Many thanks for the replies. I went back to chack these birds this week but they have already stripped all the berries from the trees.

Cheers

Rich