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01-MAR-2008 Troy

Darling Starling


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ctfchallenge06-Mar-2008 00:20
Thanks Lydia. Sometimes I sit for a while and they swoop down and sometimes they don't. Kind of relaxing though.
Canon DSLR Challenge04-Mar-2008 16:10
Those wings are cool, Troy.

As an aside... I feel your pain on the waiting. I printed out a large arrow with the word "Sparrow" on it and put food out more food for them at the base. They'd been there all week eating already. But, with the sign out blowing slightly in the wind they wouldn't come. Finally, they came and I got some photos of them just below the sign, but they were ugly with nothing of interest, so I gave up on that idea and took down the sign.
The next day a sparrow came, looked around in a bewildered way... like "Where do I eat? Where's the sign??! " Lol! At least the kids and I got a good laugh, if not a good photo.

This is a good photo. I wish the eye were more visible... (perhaps a bit of dodging in PS would take care of that?) The wing action is really cool. ~Lydia
ctfchallenge02-Mar-2008 18:27
Nice capture Troy. I might be guilty of a single subject rhyme myself. -COAmature
Guest 02-Mar-2008 17:47
Thanks everyone. Penny, I sat in a chair in our back yard for a couple of hours with camera on tripod and 420-700mm lens aimed at the feeder. The lens is a cheap one with no AF and camera must be pre-set and in manual mode. We have a large variety of birds in the area and I just got a few good shots of different varieties. A few Starlings flew in and this is the first shot taken of them.
ctfchallenge02-Mar-2008 14:43
Great job - how many times did it take you to come up with this?
Penny Street
ctfchallenge02-Mar-2008 14:36
Perfect! The fluttering of the wings is right on. Boy, this is good! jano
ctfchallenge02-Mar-2008 14:01
I hate Starlings but this bord looks good. Nicely captured. -tv
Guest 02-Mar-2008 13:23
"If" there need to be another subject (some raving reviews in this gallery have only one), then let it be "Darling Starling With Seed From The Feed".
ctfchallenge02-Mar-2008 06:23
Err there needs to be a second subject i think - Debi
ctfchallenge02-Mar-2008 06:01
Well it is kind of cute. Nice work Troy :-)
~Brent