This Sky Lark just sat down for a while, allowing me to take a couple of photo's
This Sky Lark just sat down for a while, allowing me to take a couple of photo's
Sharp, good EXP, and nicely done despite a less than ideal sun angle and relatively harsh light. I would get rid of the white shell/pebble on the edge of the shadow. I think that Skylark might be correct. Can you verify Sky lark? Later and love, artie
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What appeals to me in this one is the alertness and posture of the bird.....good point IMO to remove the little pebble.
Thanks for sharing this one
I agree to remove the pebble.
according to this database it should be Sky Lark.
http://www.bsc-eoc.org/avibase/ (well the link doesn't work, but when you copy paste the url into your browser it should)
greetings Lesley
Last edited by Lesley van Loo; 03-10-2008 at 06:25 PM.
The British Ornithologists Union have this species listed as Sky Lark & this has been the case back to 2000 at least. It is worth noting that 2 top European bird guides published in 1992 & 1999 both show it as Skylark! However, just noticed that Sibley's guide (published in 2000) has it captioned as Sky Lark. :confused:
Not an easy bird to get by any means. A very nice capture & minor nits mentioned.
Last edited by Wayne Richardson; 03-10-2008 at 06:50 PM.
Thanks Lesley and Wayne. Always nice to learn something new!
Later and love, artie
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Lovely and sharp. Love the alert pose
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Lovely pose and BG. I agree with Artie about the light angle, but seeing that this is a very hard subjectto photograph I think it is fine here! I have spend one year doing research on this beautiful bird and haven't got anything that comes close to a shot like this. Well done!
Last edited by Krijn Trimbos; 03-11-2008 at 04:55 AM.