Pied Bushchat (Female)

[Edu Lorenzo Jr]

no birding for me lately.. had to make do with the Hard Drive.


Pied Bushchat (Saxicola caprata) - Female

Camera Nikon D90
Exposure 0.013 sec (1/80)
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 400 mm
ISO Speed 200
handheld

C&C is encouraged.

Thanks in advance!

[Renoir Abrea]

nice'

[Edu Lorenzo Jr]

thanks Renoir. Schedule has been tight.. so will have to make do with HDD birding for the meantime..

[Bob Kaufman]

I love the lighting on this one. Very nice shot of my "nemesis" species.

[Edu Lorenzo Jr]

thank you Sir Bob. They were also my nemesis a while back (next to OBS). The male is still in my hitlist as I still have to get a decent photo of a male pied bushchat. Let's go out hunt for these critters sometime shall we?

[Enrique Frio]

Clear, nice bokeh - I like the context of its habitat with the nicely-framed OOF banana leaf. Well done!

[Edu Lorenzo Jr]

thank you for noticing the banana leaf Enrique. I wanted to convey the actual emotion.. peeking through the leaf to get the shot. Much appreciated sir!

[Bob Kaufman]

Oct 14, 2010 1:36:31 GMT Edu Lorenzo Jr said:

thank you Sir Bob. They were also my nemesis a while back (next to OBS). The male is still in my hitlist as I still have to get a decent photo of a male pied bushchat. Let's go out hunt for these critters sometime shall we?

Just say when (except next weekend ;D)

[JV Noriega]

Love the lighting on this one Edu!

[Edu Lorenzo Jr]

Sir Bob, I hear there are a lot of them at Candaba and Palaraya

Thank you so much JV. Positive feedback from you is greatly appreciated.

[ppaaoolloo]

Just calibrated my LCD and it looks great! Keep it up!

[Edu Lorenzo Jr]

Oct 14, 2010 6:24:02 GMT @ppaaoolloo said:

Just calibrated my LCD and it looks great! Keep it up!

This one I have to quote! YEAH! makes me feel good even if I haven't fired a shot in weeks!

You should see the first PP attempt I made.. I call it a Pied BLUEshchat

hahaha!

[mantarey]

Beautiful Edu, very unusual composition. Gets better everytime.

[Toto Gamboa]

Neat

[Edu Lorenzo Jr]

thanks

[Edwin Matias]

Great Capture Edu... with very nice BG

[Edu Lorenzo Jr]

Thanks Edwin.

No one thinks the photo seems to have two subjects? That is one comment I got from elsewhere "nice, but it looks like you have two subjects, the bird and the leaf."

[Dennis Alfaro]

lovely portrait Edu! love the rim light

[Mark Itol]

Very nice on a clean BG, Edu.

[alainpascua]

Very unusual composition indeed, Edu... especially if you're trying to present two subjects. But it's kinda confusing and distracting to have both. I would rather chop off the banana leaf right before the middle stem and throw it out. The result would have a very smooth BG that would highlight the bird, that's the main subject isn't it. Oh I do not mean to cut off the bird and show the leaf... but that would be a very surprising subject! On second thought...