Thursday, 27 February 2014

RED-FLANKED BLUETAIL !!!

I booked the day off work today and finally made the trip to Marshfield, Gloucestershire to see the Red-Flanked Bluetail. The weather was gloomy with the occasional heavy shower but I'm one of those abnormal photographers who prefers to shoot in shady conditions; colours look more aesthetically pleasing IMO, and without ugly reflections from certain colours or textures. Thankfully my camera is quite capable of taking a nice photo in dull conditions when cranking up the ISO setting.

The bird. After my HIDEOUS dip with the Brunnich's Guillemot earlier in the year when I went to see it on the first day of it's absence, I was determined for this outing to be a successful one. It was. I didn't get any 'brilliant' photos but some of them are satisfactory. I have somewhere in the region of 1100 shots to sort through so I'll just post this one initially, to give you a taster...



Thank you and VERY well done to the finder. I'm glad I was able to see and appreciate this cracking little bird like so many others have.
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4 comments:

  1. Ian Stanbridge27 February 2014 at 20:52

    Fabulous picture. Not sure quite how you would make it much better? Decent neutral background, good focus, light in the bird's eye etc.. Lovely!

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    1. Tim White27 February 2014 at 21:07

      Thanks Ian. Could've done with a little more of the blue feathers in view but that's just being picky. Some of the other pics will show these off well but the backgrounds are horrible on some!

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  2. Anonymous28 February 2014 at 20:04

    Hi Tim,
    Is there any chance of a copy of you photo for the website please?

    I was with John Barnett 15 minutes after he found it!

    www.thebirdsofsouthgloucestershire.co.uk

    Thanks in anticipation.

    Martyn Hayes

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    1. Tim White28 February 2014 at 20:49

      Hi Martyn,

      Sure! There're some email addresses in the contacts section of the TBOSG, which shall I send the file to?

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