Motif: silvereye

Posted by Neil Fitzgerald on Fri Dec 10, 2004 4:00 am

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Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis lateralis)
Just in time, only 2 hours left for this weeks motif by my clock.
A common old silvereye on a stick. The special purpose perch was pushed into the lawn and some bread thrown around. Easy.
Didn't have flash back when this was taken otherwise I might have used a little.

Please be as brutal as you like, I'm big enough and ugly enough to take it

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by KK Hui on Fri Dec 10, 2004 4:30 am

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Nice shot, Neil!
Like the drop wing pose and the dark bg really helps it standing out.
Perhaps a little over sharpening as is ... :roll:

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by Ben Taylor on Fri Dec 10, 2004 7:57 am

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Maybe you're ugly but you can take a pretty picture. I like your birdy. Looks a bit too sharp to me also---you're the victim of me and KK using LCDs. I had never considered the prospect of one seeming sharper than a CRT until Mr Peiker brought it up. Like your perch idea!!!

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by Herman Blockx on Fri Dec 10, 2004 8:40 am

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very nice one! (btw, I been several times a victim of those LCD's)

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by BrianS on Fri Dec 10, 2004 8:44 am

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Sweet shot -- these are difficult catches and you've done well to get this one.

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by Daniel M. on Fri Dec 10, 2004 9:56 am

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Ben Taylor wrote:Maybe you're ugly but you can take a pretty picture. I like your birdy. Looks a bit too sharp to me also---you're the victim of me and KK using LCDs. I had never considered the prospect of one seeming sharper than a CRT until Mr Peiker brought it up. Like your perch idea!!!

my same thoughts

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by Alan Murphy on Fri Dec 10, 2004 10:15 am

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A nice profile shot that would look good in any Field Guide. A tad contrasty.

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by Tomasz on Fri Dec 10, 2004 3:31 pm

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Nice shot. Maybe slightly contrasty... Dark BG is great.

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by Neil Solomon on Fri Dec 10, 2004 5:03 pm

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Neil,

I like the side profile and the clean BG. Is this a close cousin of the Japanese White-eye? They look very much alike.

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by Christopher Dodds on Fri Dec 10, 2004 5:18 pm

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Neil, you did very well here. The dark BG really works here.

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by Neil Fitzgerald on Fri Dec 10, 2004 7:07 pm

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Neil Solomon wrote:Neil,

I like the side profile and the clean BG. Is this a close cousin of the Japanese White-eye? They look very much alike.

Same genus different species (Japanese is Z. japonicus). There are at least 85 species of white-eyes throughout Australasia and southewestern Pacific and a new one was discovered in the last year or so (I forget where). We only have the one species in NZ, a relatively recent self introduction from Tasmania.

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