Chirping Dunnock

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• pankajbajpai (16627)
• [2008-10-10 2:41]

hello joe,
lovely capture of the Chirping Dunnock, it resembles to our own common house sparrow ( female) i liked the composition and the eye contact very much,
well done,
tfs & regards
pankaj

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• jesst (2441)
• [2008-10-10 2:50]

wonderful sharpness and detail. very good shot

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• Argus (50626)
• [2008-10-10 3:14]
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Hello Joe,
Your Dunnocks seem to be much more approachable than ours: they keep to the woods in Sweden. This is a fine sharp close portrait with excellent details of the head and breast as seen from this frontal POV.
Both WS pictures show an adult Chiff-chaff. The garden w. does not have any hint of an eye-stripe and the willow and wood warblers are yellower with much less brown tones.
TFS and have a good weekend,
Ivan

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• iris (3088)
• [2008-10-10 3:15]
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What a cute bird and i can see the way you wud dash for the back door ...to get another set of shots of this 'bootycooty' ..i love that eye which gives the impression that it has little pearls stuck around its bottom rim...Thanks for sharing well done..
Cheers
Silpa

P.S:Technically you are way ahead than i am in photography..so let me check with you....is the OOF due to Dof probles?

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• adilakbar (590)
• [2008-10-10 3:30]

Hi Joe well captured. Good DOF & sharp focus on birds eye. Nice colors. Well done. Regards - Adil.

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• uleko (10940)
• [2008-10-10 3:38]

Hello Joe,
Lovely close-up of the Dunnock chirping away!
Great focus on the eye, lovely colours and well composed.
TFS and cheers, Ulla

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• robindb (1420)
• [2008-10-10 3:41]

Hi Joe,

Good detail and sharp focus on this bird. The tripod helped a lot. Background nicely out of focus making the subject stand out well
TFS

Robin

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• NinaM (4077)
• [2008-10-10 5:09]

Hello Joey, great picture of this Dunnock and you really seem to enjoy this little bird. It is beautiful. About the warbler, I don't know, the View 1 has the leaves in front and the View 2, it looks like a juvenile, but I may be wrong! I am not specialized in bird from the Old World. Thank you Joey, your participation here on TN is remarkable,

Francine

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• jconceicao (3174)
• [2008-10-10 5:50]

Hello Joe,

Great capture.
Nice colours with excellent detail.
Composition and light are very good.

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• iti (7939)
• [2008-10-10 8:19]

Hi Joe
Nice close-up shot.
Have a good weekend.

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• eqshannon (31141)
• [2008-10-10 8:25]
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Net..you got close in Joey and had shallow but well used depth...That lens and such was well worth the extra work you had to do to get it...Very well and don't forget;-) today sometime?
Bob

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• Adanac (21378)
• [2008-10-10 8:38]

Hi Joe,
Very nice image of this Dunnock, I see you choose a shallower depth of field here to blur the background and just leaving its face and neck tack sharp. Thank you for sharing Joe.
Rick

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• jaycee (25460)
• [2008-10-10 10:00]

Hi Joe,

I love singing birds and I REALLY love this Dunnock. Usually when I hear a bird and tiptoe out the back door in a second it flies away. This is a beauty - the face is wonderful with the beautiful eye and the details surrounding it. Plummage is marvelous with nice shadings and sahrp sharp details. Lovely pose, background and composition.

Jane

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• cloud (9539)
• [2008-10-10 10:20]

Hello Joe,
I also add points to such successful shot. Although sharpness is on the head of the bird and so is it very good.
Regards, Pawel

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• PeterZ (49139)
• [2008-10-10 10:38]

Hello Joe,
The sharp focus on the head and throat is perfect. Great frontal POV. Excellent natural colours, also in the BG.
Have a good weekend,
Peter

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• Silvio2006 (102073)
• [2008-10-10 12:25]

Ciao Joe, beutiful bird in great pose with fine details and splendid sharpness, perfct focus and lovely blurry BG, very well done, ciao Silvio

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• nglen (36145)
• [2008-10-10 12:31]
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Hi Joe. This is a fine close up of the Dunnock . You have sharp focusing around the head area just where you would want it. with good detail and natural colours. The eye is first class with good use of the light. well done TFS.
Nick..

Have a good weekend.
Nick..

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• Juyona (16891)
• [2008-10-10 13:56]

Hola Joe,
preciosa captura y pov,
exquisito pov y colores hermosos.
saludos

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• pekkavalo1 (6789)
• [2008-10-10 15:38]

Hi Joe,
Very good capture of Dunnock in action. As Ivan is saying Dunnocks are very timid in the north and I haven't properly seen one before I moved to UK. Even here they usually are partly behind something. I hope you will get better lighting as this is otherwise just perfect, DOF is very shallow. It still is an excellent photo. You have good pose and composition, sharp details and natural BG.
TFS
Cheers
Pekka

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• jignasi (27917)
• [2008-10-10 16:45]

Nota de 9,4 v10 jajaja Toma de gran profesionalidad ya que has sabido conjugar el encuadre, los espacios y el fondo sin olvidar los parámetros principales como el enfoque y la profundidad. Un ojo soberbio y un conjunto muy agradable.
Un abrazo: Josep Ignasi Tejedor.

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• gannu (14761)
• [2008-10-11 8:44]

Hello Joe, Superb shot and a great closeup shot. Sharp focus and thanks for sharing Ganesh

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• Maite (5199)
• [2008-10-11 8:52]

Hello Joe!
How pleasant to see your gallery again full of wonderful and interesting pictures! How beautiful and perfectly captured this little bird. You are really a master photographer, and I would like to learn much of you. I like a lot the details on the face and the eye-contact.
Thank you very much for sharing.
Best regards
Maite

P :)

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• hester (11638)
• [2008-10-12 10:22]

Hi Joe

This is am amazing close up shot of this dunnock! I am amazed at how close you get to these birds. Perfect light, sharpness, DOF and POV...just perfect really :)

TFS

Karan

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• rousettus (19818)
• [2008-10-12 12:29]

Hello Joe,
I came back newly and I can visit this beautiful post of yours, now. It is great capture for beautiful dunnock with great sharp focus, timing, POV/OOF and eyes contact. Nicely composed. I agree with Ivan's for those on WS. TFS, have a nice week.
Ahmet

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• SelenE (13972)
• [2008-10-14 1:46]

Hi Joe,
Nice close-up portrait of this cute little fellow. Good POV and pose. TFS
Best wishes,
Selen