Sodden Dunnock in a flap!

Taken just as the Sun emerged after an heavy shower in May. Pentax K20D with Sigma 100-300mm EX DG mounted on a Benro Mk1 tripod equipped with a LensMaster Gimbal Head.

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Sodden Dunnock in a flap: crop 1 by Dr 'B ', on Flickr[/img]

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Sodden Dunnock in a flap: crop 2 by Dr 'B ', on Flickr[/img]

C&C always appreciated and acted on where possible and within the law

Jon

Certainly caught the action there,,Well done..

Your comment is much appreciated, Stuart.

As for the 'rest', silence speaks volumes !

Jon

Oooo! Mr Impatient

Some topics take a while to get going Jon, dont take it as anything being wrong.

I think its something to do with lots of users using the "Recent Activity" button, unanswered topics can soon get lost until they are spotted and "Revived"

As for the pic, he cetainly looks a little bedraggled, It would be interesting to know where he'd been hiding to get so wet, looks more like he's been swimming

Personally I think it would stand a tighter crop (second image), taking off what look like out of focus dasies in the forground, possibly a tad off the left too.

I agree with Fatspider. There is good focus on the bird and nice wing blur catching the action, so I reckon you could crop a bit tighter, but it's a great catch. I always find find it so hard to get good shots of these small critters. Nice one

It's a great capture, but it is a pity there's so little 'space' in front of the bird - in the full shot he's too far to the right, and in the cropped version he's too central ('plonked' in the middle) for my taste.

Ditto re the space / crop, but the capture of the bird itself is good work. Almost sparrow-like in appearance, except for the quite different beak.

Er, that would be why they were once given the name of Hedge Sparrow

Althought the Dunnock is more closely related to the Robin than the humble Spuggie.