Bluethroat from Nome

Gallery: AvianPosted December 21, 2013261 views12 comments

Nome, Alaska | June | Canon 1D4 | Canon 600mm f4 IS |
A hard-earned Nome specialty, and well worth it!! This Bluethroat landed on our willow perch 5 times while we were in bag blinds one sunny morning in Nome.

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12 comments

Comment posted by John Robinson on December 21, 2013 at 8:53 PM

Great shot ! 99.9%- oh for that slight head turn. Minor nit I know but would take it to the top in my humble opinion. I know by the way - it aint as easy as that !! Fist one I,ve seen of this species with a tail fan I think.
Would do me anyway.
JR

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on December 22, 2013 at 4:07 AM

Matthew I would not change a thing it looks great to me.,perfect balance between those two catkins

Keith..

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Comment posted by Craig Strand on December 22, 2013 at 6:20 AM

A beautiful bird that I had not seen before, very well executed!

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on December 22, 2013 at 8:08 AM

Welcome to NPN Matthew. Cracker of a shot to start with. Light, detail, perch, exposure all great. Looking forward to seeing more of your work.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on December 22, 2013 at 9:16 AM

Wonderful perch, pose, bird, and bg...this one's got it all! Very nice capture! Sharon

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on December 22, 2013 at 1:36 PM

Beautiful image, Matthew. Welcome to NPN and the Avian Gallery. This looks very sharp, but you also have the option of posting a larger (1200 px) image for more accurate critique. The one stray tail feather is perfect.

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Comment posted by Max Waugh on December 22, 2013 at 2:25 PM

Matthew, nice to see you posting here. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your work, especially your recent photos from the north. You killed it with some of the mammal stuff.

Lovely colors here. Cool perch too!

Max

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on December 22, 2013 at 3:22 PM

Welcome Matthew,
Outstanding image with fine detail, colors and BG. The framing is perfect,
Well Done . . .

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on December 22, 2013 at 4:40 PM

Welcome to NPN Matthew, it's cool to see you posting here. And of course I think this is an awesome photo of this handsome fellow. I am so envious

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on December 23, 2013 at 10:57 AM

Excellent first post Matthew!
Lovely species, you really did it justice here..
Welcome to NPN

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on December 27, 2013 at 11:55 AM

Beautiful shot Matthew, love the spread tail and view of the throat

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Comment posted by Basri Akcasoy on December 27, 2013 at 4:49 PM

amazing, generic ornito photo. Happy new year...

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