Male european hawkfinch (Cocothraustes cocotrausthes) in full breeding plumage.
More images from the same sesion in the Spanish (http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=45) and in the wild and free forums (http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=2)
I rarely use blinds and most part of my photographs are taken from the car or just walking around while I am birding. This weekend I was invited to access a permanet blind that two friends, José Luis Ojeda and Javier Milla (please visit his personal website and have fun with his amazing bird images http://www.javiermilla.es/foto/), has built in the field. A great blind, by the way, with room for three persons so, I shared the saturday evening photographing hawfinches with José Reigada y Rafa Tarín. Many opportunities to photograph this beautiful finches and to use to pieces of my equipment that I do not use frequently: the SB-600 and the Wimberly Head. A lot of fun, nice pictures and great frienship. Thanks guys for such a great experience and for allowing me to have the best place on the blind!
C&C are highly appreciated.
Nikon D2X AFS Nikkor 300VR, tripod and WH, 1/320s F8 ISO400 fill flash (SB-600), slight cropping for composition
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Originally Posted by Gyorgy Szimuly
