Orange Chat (Epthianura aurifrons) male Stockyard Plains DB Reserve South Australia
Orange Chat (Epthianura aurifrons) male Stockyard Plains DB Reserve SA
Canon EOS 40D Lens 100-400mm L IS USM at 400 mm ISO 400 F7.1 1/2000 fill flash 19 October 2009
Another from the series taken at Stockyard Plains west of Waikerie SA. Amazing the fineness of the twigs that these birds use as perches. Attractive enough when wind is absent but with a breeze blowing still attractive but requires some adjustments.
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Best regards
Rod Warnock
Hi Rod Excellent capture I like the way the bird is perched and the clean bg !! For this one a slight head turn would have been beneficial Sun was from your right and not sure if fill flash helped all that much? .. back of bird slightly darker !! Appealing as presented !!
Lovely shot Rod! Love the pose and food. Would crop less as bird is a bit to big in the frame as presented IMO and image quality suffers from the crop.
Alfred covered all the bases. What is the bird holding?
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Thanks Alfred, Ofer and Arthur for your comments. Alfred and Arthur I wonder about the head turn suggestion? Arthur the bird is holding onto a twig of saltbush (Atriplex sp.) while the caterpillars in beak seemed to be loopers. Ofer, I take your point on the "Would crop less as bird is a bit to big in the frame as presented IMO and image quality suffers from the crop." Indeed I had done a version along the lines you suggest. See it here. Let me know what you think, please?
Again thanks
Rod Warnock
I like the wider version better :) As for the head turn the confusion arises when a bird is angled a bit towards the viewer; in those cases, the bird needs to have its head on straight. Else it is turned away from where the bird is pointing (even though it is square to the back of the camera...)
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