African Stonechat

Gallery: AvianPosted September 3, 2013154 views9 comments

Here's another shot from our South African trip, this is a charming, common little species that isn't too shy. Photographed from our safari vehicle in Addo Elephant National Park.

Canon 5D3 500F4 1.4x 1/640, F7.1, iso 800

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9 comments

Comment posted by Peter Cross on September 3, 2013 at 10:51 PM

Gorgeous little bird, Nate. Looks like he's singing his heart out. Nice perch and BG. A nice composition and nicely exposed. Thanks for taking the time for this guy even though he's not charismatic mega-fauna.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on September 4, 2013 at 1:30 AM

No nits from me Nate, well done as usual. At first glance at the thumbnail I thought Spotted Towhee!

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Comment posted by Ralph Kerr on September 4, 2013 at 7:10 AM

Nice, clean shot of this bird and handling the black/white contrast.

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on September 4, 2013 at 8:06 AM

Love the perch and the calling pose. Excellent work Nate!

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Comment posted by John Tobias on September 4, 2013 at 8:47 AM

Nice pose, I like the behavior this illustrates. Must have been a bit of a challenge to get detail in both whites and darks. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on September 4, 2013 at 6:45 PM

Great singing pose you captured of this beauty Nate. It looks like he's got a beautiful song that everyone needs to hear. I really like the soft light of this photo.

Sweet One Nate

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on September 5, 2013 at 4:48 AM

nice one Nate ! great plumage this male has - and a great perch and BG too for that matter - and well-exposed. Like it a lot ! Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on September 6, 2013 at 10:04 AM

Excellent view of this bird with nice perch and calling pose. Beautiful lighting, too, which I'm sure helped big time in getting details in both b and w. The only thing I can see to improve this would be to clone out the leaf on the lower right, and that is an extremely minor nit! Sharon

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on September 9, 2013 at 7:14 AM

Lovely setting and bird Nate

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