Spotted Flycatcher.

Gallery: AvianPosted April 19, 2011114 views15 comments

These birds fly back from Africa each year,to nest outside my back door.I put up a nestbox on a rose trellis fixed to the wall.Before flying into the box they would often land on the back of a nearby garden chair.Not very natural,so I fixed this piece of elder to the chair back.
Canon Mk11N,500+1.4 lens,1/160 f9 and iso 400.

Phil.

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15 comments

Comment posted by Oscar Dewhurst on April 19, 2011 at 4:34 PM

Phil this is absolutely stunning - I love everything about it

Oscar

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 19, 2011 at 5:20 PM

Nice pose, perfect perch, fine detail - very well-done!
I'd personally clone out that little bit of twig protruding from the base of it's tail..
Sandy

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on April 19, 2011 at 5:25 PM

Great job setting up this shot Phil. The larger version looks great, love the greens and how you composed this. To my eye the smaller version looks a little bit oversharpened.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on April 19, 2011 at 6:12 PM

Really a sweet shot Phil. Love the leaves and the BG in this shot. Larger version shows nice detail. Well done.

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on April 19, 2011 at 6:12 PM

You picked a nice branch for this set up Phil, nice of the birds to nest so close to home. I like the pose, the light and the greens of the leaves shown here, nice details. I agree with Nate that the smaller version seems a tad over sharpned while the larger version looks fine. Easy to back up sharpneing though!

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on April 19, 2011 at 7:40 PM

Such a great perch and I love the colors as well.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on April 19, 2011 at 10:20 PM

Nice clean colorful image..no nits from me

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on April 19, 2011 at 10:35 PM

This looks perfect to me in all respects. Nicely done. Sharon

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on April 19, 2011 at 10:40 PM

great looking image, Phil. a well chosen perch, nice pose, and bg. very good choice for DOF, and details are excellent.

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Comment posted by Steve Heironymus on April 19, 2011 at 10:44 PM

Seet shot!!!

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Comment posted by Keith A Anderson on April 19, 2011 at 10:58 PM

Wow, beautiful image, Phil. You did a marvelous job setting up the perch and bg and then made a perfect image of the bird when it landed.

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Comment posted by John Launstein on April 19, 2011 at 11:33 PM

Phil - simply wonderful. The colours make for such a great and complementary backdrop for the bird, but your choice of adding the mossy perch just completes the package. Great light, comp, and pose! I think I agree with Sandy re: cloning the twig out from the right of the lower tail, or at least seeing what it looks like with and without it there. The larger version takes this from very good to even more good!

Nicely envisioned and captured.

Registered on April 5, 2011, 223 Posts, 1193 Comments

Comment posted by David Haynes on April 20, 2011 at 12:22 PM

WOW Phil,
Stunning image. The perch is over the top as is the background. Nice sharp details and a wonderful comp. Cheers.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on April 21, 2011 at 3:55 AM

Lovely setting and shot Phil. Wonderful detail and i like the sprig of leaves

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Danny Laredo on April 22, 2011 at 8:29 AM

Phil, sweet image all around. great perch pose and bg.

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