Whitethroat

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/k2.../witsun2-1.jpg

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

Cheers

Rich

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

A very nice capture.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Brilliant.!!!