chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)

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  julie61

• Dec 29, 2008

A lovely little chiffchaff ???? I'm no expert though, great shot Simon oo:t:

 

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  tech45

• Dec 29, 2008

Thanks Julie , don't worry I'm no expert either although birds fascinate me a lot. Together with macro.

 

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  JeffH

• Dec 29, 2008

Nice shot Simon with a lovely background

 

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  tech45

• Dec 29, 2008

Thanks Jeff

 

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  Deanneart

• Dec 29, 2008

Great capture of this cutie!

 

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  tech45

• Dec 29, 2008

Thank you very much Deanneart

 

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  Marise

• Dec 29, 2008

Delightful capture :t::t::t:

 

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  tech45

• Dec 29, 2008

Thank you very much Marise

 

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  a.dancy

• Dec 30, 2008

nice one. I wished I could get so close but these birds do seem to evade me.

 

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  tech45

• Dec 30, 2008

Thanks A.Dancy, the advantage I have is that a few feet in front of my house there is this small field where small birds come to feed, I just slightly slide open the window and take the pics of the birds. This shot and another was the best out of eight shots of this chifchaf.
As I use a 2x TC light is a bit of a problem, so I use ISO of 1600. Also focusing is done manually which is the main hard task due to this bird that would never stop moving. I wish to photograph birds like Bee eaters, Owls, Starlings, sparrowhawks, etc.