Daurian Redstart

Posted by KK Hui on Mon Dec 29, 2003 8:02 pm

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Been wanting to capture this wonderful little bird, a male Daurian Redstart, for a while now. The shot was taken yesterday at a nature reserve here in Hong Kong. I got lucky and was thrilled to spot him after just under an hour's wait ...

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by Jill on Mon Dec 29, 2003 8:26 pm

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A gorgeous morsel, KK !!! Terrific colors and detail in the blacks!! Plus I love the tail pattern. Happy New Year!!!

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by LHays on Mon Dec 29, 2003 9:04 pm

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A wonderful shot of an interesting bird. I especially like the lighting and the sharpness from head to tail. An excellent job with this one!

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by ebkw on Mon Dec 29, 2003 9:07 pm

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Lovely shot! I would like to know just how you managed to get the bird to use a colour coordinated perch??!!!

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by BrianS on Mon Dec 29, 2003 9:28 pm

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Given the strong backlighting the exposure is very well done. Nice image.

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by Michael Dossett on Mon Dec 29, 2003 9:59 pm

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Very nice photo KK. This guy is a beauty. Good detail in the blacks. You hit the exposure right on here although I would wish not to have the backlighting on the head so the whole bird was evenly lit. On the other hand, the backlighting here adds a little bit of drama I think. As is, this is very nice.

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by E.J. Peiker on Tue Dec 30, 2003 12:03 am

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Super cool bird and a very nice shot! Excellent pose!

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by digimies on Tue Dec 30, 2003 2:40 am

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Nice picture of a nice looking bird. Position is optimal to show many colors of him. My long term plan is to visit Hong Kong someday!

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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Tue Dec 30, 2003 6:36 am

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Great shot of a beautiful bird. I like the head turn and the wonderful colors.

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by Bill Whala on Tue Dec 30, 2003 8:27 am

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Very nice shot. I really like the dramatic sidelighting.

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by Alan Murphy on Tue Dec 30, 2003 8:51 am

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A great looking warbler. Love the pose, tree and BG and the back lighting.

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by Alan Melle on Tue Dec 30, 2003 9:09 am

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Terrific shot! You handled the tough lighting very well.

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by Rob Palmer on Tue Dec 30, 2003 12:29 pm

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by Mike Danzenbaker on Tue Dec 30, 2003 12:45 pm

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KK - Beautiful lighting, one of your best. I failed to photograph this bird in Japan.

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by Greg Downing on Tue Dec 30, 2003 4:34 pm

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Beautiful. Perhaps 1/3 less ambient to tone the highlights coming from behind the tree along with a tiny bit of fill (to counter) would take it over the top.

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by Laura Stiefel on Tue Dec 30, 2003 7:15 pm