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My first bird close-up
madamcoolpix

My first bird close-up (Hirundo daurica)

Another from my Southern holidays.

This is something Ive never done before, to crop a bird pic as a close-up. But this cutie was perched in the shade of a veranda on a window grille, rusty and with signs of plenty of swallows perched through the years (you know what I mean, ;)), so the setting looked awful and spoiled the shot. Then I thought on cropping out everything ugly and leave it as a head-and-shoulders portrait I hope it works like this!

By the way, its another newbie in my gallery! o:)
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Habitat
Window grille (but I doubt that can be considered a habitat, ;))
Location
Tablas de Daimiel National Park, Ciudad Real Province, C Spain
Date taken
12 August 2008
Scientific name
Hirundo daurica
Equipment used
Leica V-LUX 1 (handheld, ISO100, f/4.0, 1/250s, 0.0 ev)
Nora
Better late than never.....have been looking through your gallery, this shot is one after my own heart....and a newbie for you, congratulations!
My apologies for not making comments on your photos but I seem to run out of time on the PC.......many thanks for your comments on mine, really appreciate them!
Thanks again! Nora
 
L
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;)Hi Marian, very beautiful close-up of this swallow!o:) I'm yet to do my first close up ...:t::t::t:
 
Akihaka
Works well, Marian. The wing looks great. You have remained the beautiful quality after cropping. Brilliant! :clap:
 
madamcoolpix
:bounce: Thank you, thank you so much for being so kind!!! o:) A delight sharing with you!!!

Matti, thank you for your explanation... in perfect Spanish!!! :t: Nora, no apologizes needed, we can't be here all day to see every pic posted, so don't worry! Donald, thank you and lovely to have you back! o:)

Cheers!
 
JackF
Just a gorgeous portrait of this newbie Marian :clap: excellent cropping :t::t::t:
 
hansbertil
Perfectly cropped, Marian - and very artistic with the bird's breast merging with the background. Had been nice to see the full image too - to view the parts of the bird giving it it's name |=)||=)| :t::t::clap:
 

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