Patience was the keyword, two hours in the bushes, waiting and waiting...
The background isnīt optimal, but this is the way he was sitting.
Canon Eos 1D mkIII, EF 500/4 @f/5, ISO 400, 1/250 sec, Monopod.
Patience was the keyword, two hours in the bushes, waiting and waiting...
The background isnīt optimal, but this is the way he was sitting.
Canon Eos 1D mkIII, EF 500/4 @f/5, ISO 400, 1/250 sec, Monopod.
Stefan:
I think the back lighting helped here. The bill is nicely illuminated to accentuate the singing pose. DOF from your aperture selection helped blur the background some. Sharp with nice eye reflection.
Yes, the background is busy. It is where these birds live. I might try to tone down a few of the brighter spots on the branches behind it.
Thanks for sharing.
Randy
I like the singing pose Stefan, and the exposure looks good. I don't mind the habitat, but I would remove the dark branch coming out of the bird's head and also the OOF branch in the LLC. I would also sharpen the bird a little more.
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I like the singing pose and eye contact and didn't know nightingales migrate up to Sweden. I agree on removing the branch sticking out of the head.
Wonderful bird, EXP, and singing pose. The branches, however, are too many anmd too distracting for me. I do like that we have clear views of the feet and the tail.
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I have nothing to say about the shot that hasnīt been said alredy.
The one thing I can say is that this bird is a Trush Nightingale (Luscinia luscinia) and is a common breeder up to the middle parts of Sweden and have a more eastern breeding range. The Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) is a bird that you easily can find in southern Europe and they are rare visitors to the northern parts, primarily in spring and early summer.
// Daniel