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Gary ­ Fairhead
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Dec 20, 2005 21:30 |  #1

I took this shot in June or July, prior to joining this Forum. I have quite a few shots of these wonderful birds and will post more after Christmas when there is more time. Taken with canon 200mm F2.8L and Canon 1.4X tc

I debated cloning out the shell fragment from the sunflower he just imploded with his beak but decided to leave it in with this explanation.

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Dec 20, 2005 21:35 |  #2

Really nice shot. Love the colors of that bird and the background is great too.


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Dec 20, 2005 21:55 |  #3
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Great sharpness, Wonderful detail, Splendid colour.
Fine looking bird against subdued background.
Well done Gary....nice to see some of these shots from the summer.




  
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Dec 20, 2005 22:06 |  #4

Nice shot - I look forward to seeing more, Gary. I have had a bunch of female rose-breasted grosbeaks at my feeder, but I have yet to see a male. No fair :(


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Dec 20, 2005 22:56 |  #5

Great shot Gary, colors, focus and composition are great. I take it that you cropped out the feeder.


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Dec 21, 2005 00:07 |  #6

An exceptionally sharp and well composed shot of this beautiful bird.


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Dec 21, 2005 03:23 as a reply to  @ JohnnyG's post |  #7

Beauty Gary!

Love the natural captured colors of the bird and the clean and complementary background. Sure miss these colorful birds already....

PS: Have you considered cloning out that seed shell??

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Dec 21, 2005 05:46 as a reply to  @ Blackburnian's post |  #8

I really miss seeing this bird ,,, very nice shot Gary as always, love the bokeh... I hope over the holidays to get some more shots of his cousin the Evening Grosbeak


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Dec 21, 2005 06:22 |  #9

Great shot Gary. I've only ever senn the male of this species once. It visited my feeder and was never seen again. Perhaps I'll be luckier next summer.


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Dec 21, 2005 08:40 |  #10

Great shot, Gary. My vote is cloning that shell out.


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Dec 21, 2005 14:57 |  #11

Beautiful shot, Gary.


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Dec 21, 2005 15:33 |  #12
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Gary Fairhead wrote:
I took this shot in June or July, prior to joining this Forum. I have quite a few shots of these wonderful birds and will post more after Christmas when there is more time. Taken with canon 200mm F2.8L and Canon 1.4X tc

I debated cloning out the shell fragment from the sunflower he just imploded with his beak but decided to leave it in with this explanation.

Is that what this is?
I thought it was his toothbrush.:lol::lol:

Good shot Gary (as always,with you 200).;)


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Dec 21, 2005 16:23 |  #13

Nice shot of a wonderful bird of which I am anxious to see again. Found a nest last year and actually snapped a picture of the male incubating the eggs.


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Dec 21, 2005 19:00 |  #14

ngannet Really nice shot. Love the colors of that bird and the background is great too.

Thanks N. One of my favourite birds and they really show off when they open their wings. You can see some red just under the forewing in this shot but wings open and wow..brilliant red on white. Quite the show.:D


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Dec 21, 2005 19:03 |  #15

busbyea Great sharpness, Wonderful detail, Splendid colour.
Fine looking bird against subdued background.
Well done Gary....nice to see some of these shots from the summer.

Thanks Ted. The background is a result of the distance to the high hedges and trees behind the bird. That 200mm consistently gave me similar backgrounds this past summer.


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