Sociable Weaver, female

Gallery: AvianPosted October 24, 2016329 views8 comments

Sociable Weaver, female - Namibia
Here is the mate to the male I posted a couple days ago.

2014:05:23 04:32:46
D800
500mm
1/1000 sec, f/5.6
Mode: Av
Metering: Spot
Exp comp: -1/3
ISO: 400
White balance: Auto
Flash: Off

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Mike Ramy on October 24, 2016 at 11:12 PM

Excellent . . . laugh

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Comment posted by Allen Brooks on October 24, 2016 at 11:49 PM

Excellent detail throughout the bird. Nice pose and perch. Like the background.

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on October 25, 2016 at 2:09 PM

Nice pose, cool perch with a flawless background. When I first looked at the thumbnail I thought it looked to bright but once I opened the image up it looks fine. Well done!

Registered on August 7, 2014, 125 Posts, 2319 Comments

Comment posted by David Schoen on October 25, 2016 at 7:55 PM

Very nice desaturated image of this weaver. I've watched these birds and action at Woodland Park zoo in Seattle. They are fascinating. Not like seeing them in Namibia though. By the way, since you are now living in Oregon, do you ever take pictures of the local birds?

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on October 25, 2016 at 8:24 PM

David, not much interesting around here in the fall/winter, I'm afraid. An occasional migrant, though - mostly just gulls, robins, sparrows, and pelicans that we all know well. Did get some tern pix last month that I will post.
It's just that I took at least 10,000 pix during our 6 weeks in Africa, and still have a lot of them to process and post - and they are usually FAR more interesting than anything local !
Sandy

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on October 25, 2016 at 9:55 PM

Great pose and perch, Sandy, and a killer bg.

devil

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Comment posted by Max Waugh on October 27, 2016 at 11:53 AM

Another nice setting, Sandy. Looks like you barely had enough depth of field for this subject, but had some leeway to increase it a bit. As I've learned the hard way a few times this year (e.g., my most recent Avian post), stopping down a bit for some of these tighter shots could help ensure more of the bird ends up in focus.

Max

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on October 31, 2016 at 7:16 PM

Very nice detail and a pleasing composition Sandy. Nice work!

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