Martin Good wrote:
Wonderful detail and spot on focus in all of these Socrate with # 1 being tops for me for the lovey colors and tones and the patterns of the feathers. It seems you were shooting into challenging backgrounds in some of these but the birds still stand out well from them.
Martin




Thanks, Martin. They were perching on a citrus tree and was hard to get a less busy bg
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Charlie Shugart wrote:
Socrate- these are all really excellent images of spectacular little birds.
And no bird ever had a better name than the tufted titmouse- except perhaps the laughing jackass bird from Down Under .
Charlie




Thanks, Charlie. Your comments made me lough
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BeeBalm wrote:
Socrate,
Very pretty!
BeeBalm




Thanks for stopping by and commenting
Socrate

birdied wrote:
Beautiful shots Socrate. I really like them all.

birdie




Thank you, Birdie. Nice to hear you liked these
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tfoltz wrote:
Great set of the little speed demons

-Tim




Thank you, Tim
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Ted ellis wrote:
Excellent set Socrate. The first image is my favorite.


Ted





Thank you Ted
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Herb Houghton wrote:
Nice set of little birds Socrate, #2 for the head angle





Thanks, Herb
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Wonderful set Socrate, love no.1 and no.3 here - super stuff!

Paul.

#1 is stunning

The first 2 made me smile. Great series here Socrate.

Bruce

I love these little birds which are also called the Scaly Breasted Mannikin (or Munia) and I had one pass through my garden (in Shanghai) a month earlier (they are native to Asia).

I saw the very closely related White Rumped Munia (or Mannikin) for the first time in Wulingyuan, Hunan, China about a month ago when a pair alighted less than a metre from my face whilst I was stalking a Forktail. Delightful experience but too close for the 500mm - not that I could move an inch anyway !

Most people don't realise how tiny these finches are (thumb sized, ca. 10-12cm) ! I guess your first shot is 3 or 4 times life-size !

All beautiful shots but #1 is just superb !!

waldr_p wrote:
Wonderful set Socrate, love no.1 and no.3 here - super stuff!

Paul.





Thank you very much, Paul
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acjd wrote:
#1 is stunning




Thank you!
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Cincy Bruce wrote:
The first 2 made me smile. Great series here Socrate.

Bruce



Thanks, Bruce
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Frogfish wrote:
I love these little birds which are also called the Scaly Breasted Mannikin (or Munia) and I had one pass through my garden (in Shanghai) a month earlier (they are native to Asia).

I saw the very closely related White Rumped Munia (or Mannikin) for the first time in Wulingyuan, Hunan, China about a month ago when a pair alighted less than a metre from my face whilst I was stalking a Forktail. Delightful experience but too close for the 500mm - not that I could move an inch anyway !

Most people don't realise how tiny these finches are (thumb sized, ca. 10-12cm) ! I guess your first shot is 3 or 4 times life-size !

All beautiful shots but #1 is just superb !!







Thanks for your kind words These little cute birds visit my backyard regularly. When I saw the first one in 2005 I thought "What in the H is this?" Now they are very common. They seem to be happy birds from what I see. Never fighting for food and always willing to share with the others
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Very nice shots (and birds)!

shaggypics wrote:
Very nice shots (and birds)!



Thank you for the visit and comments
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#1 is over the top
Hai

Haifisch M3 wrote:
#1 is over the top
Hai




Thank you, Hai. Glad you liked it
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super shots with beautiful backgrounds Socrate!