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Springis here and these Redstarts have arrived back in the Forest. This one turned up at my pool yesterday and must have been fresh in. He bathed twice in two visits so I was well pleased. Always hard to not blow that wwhite head stripe but this is not far off.
Beautiful birds.
About full frame.
D7100
Nikor 70-300mm
Same techs as recent pool shots exactly
Thanks for lookingand comments on last pic.
Cheers
JohnR
A beauty John, sometimes a wee bit of white controls the whole exposure. Nice image, thank you for sharing.
What's not to like. Great details.
Ed
Thanks both. Must admit its another notch in the barrel for "cheap" gear!! So many times people criticise pics with faults because of "camera problems" I reckon user problems are far more often to blame.
Thanks again
John
John, I am not a nikon shooter so don't recognize the gear, but whatever, you made fine work of this photo. Not one thing that I would change. May I ask what this species is?
Hello Grace
Sorry my info wentall funny and missed a bit out. Its a Redstart- a summer visitor to these parts. Easily attracted to nest boxes mainly in the West of England.
Cheers
John
Thanks, John. We have American Redstarts on this side of the pond. Hopefully by the end of spring migration, I will have one to post here.
Excellent image, John, I really like it.
Beautiful bathing image this John, great head turn, attractive BG and beautiful colours. TFS
Very sharp super detail, I presume he heard the shutter fore and gave the all important head turn!
I went out looking for redstarts today but drew a blank!
A wee beauty John. Great capture. The bird is looking real good.
Still to photograph one, so thanks for sharing
Will
Thanks al Will Looks like one about to nest in the garden- you're welcome but its a long way !
Cheers
John
Great detail love the head position and eye contact.
