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Female Brambling.
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Female Brambling.

by Phil Mclean

Gallery: Regional: UKNPPosted February 6, 2011106 views9 comments
Taken before the snow disappeared and using this broken foxglove seedhead stem as a slightly different perch.
Canon MkIV,500+1.4 lens,1/320 f5.6 and iso640.

Phil. :wavey:

Comments

9 comments
Comment posted by Fran French on February 6, 2011 at 11:54 AM
Not too keen on the perch Phil, but the bird is a real stunner. Super detail in the plumage, which looks great against the snowy b/g. Like this very much.

Fran :toast: :toast: :toast:
Registered on June 9, 2008, 4 Posts, 47 Comments
Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on February 6, 2011 at 11:59 AM
Very nice shot, Phil. I like this subject very much.

D&L
Registered on October 7, 2008, 166 Posts, 3044 Comments
Comment posted by Guy Rogers on February 6, 2011 at 12:13 PM
Hello Phil.

Cracking capture for me.

The compositon of the bird and the perch are very nice and works for me.

:wavey: :wavey: :wavey:
Registered on January 16, 2007, 450 Posts, 995 Comments
Comment posted by John Robinson on February 6, 2011 at 12:23 PM
Now thats different !
Like it.
JR
Registered on March 2, 2008, 535 Posts, 2453 Comments
Comment posted by Oscar Dewhurst on February 6, 2011 at 1:23 PM
Great shot Phil :toast: :toast:

Oscar :wavey:
Registered on August 6, 2009, 85 Posts, 502 Comments
Comment posted by keith mitchell on February 6, 2011 at 1:41 PM
Hi Phil i recon that's excellent perch and all.

Keith.
Registered on July 12, 2008, 127 Posts, 1735 Comments
Comment posted by Dale Sutton on February 6, 2011 at 2:56 PM
Super shot Phil well controlled light.

Dale :toast:
Registered on December 9, 2009, 15 Posts, 84 Comments
Comment posted by Andy Shepherd on February 7, 2011 at 5:35 AM

Works for me, Phil. Good with the exposure too.

Andy...
Registered on September 24, 2006, 123 Posts, 1254 Comments
Comment posted by Ian Haskell on February 8, 2011 at 6:05 PM
Works very nicely for me.

Ian
Registered on October 30, 2008, 24 Posts, 673 Comments