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23-SEP-2007 Gary Knutson

GaryK

This is a male rose-breasted nuthatch. Much more uncommon around here than the white breasted nuthatch. Smaller and more wary.

Panasonic DMC-FZ10
1/100s f/4.0 at 72.0mm iso50 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Ed Duverger09-Oct-2007 14:53
Very good job and the green background makes the blue subject more striking
FZ10 Users Group25-Sep-2007 15:16
Hi Teresa -

Yeah, it could be much sharper. I tried to open to a sharper f-stop (hence the f4) but the bird was in the shade making the conditions dark. Also, it is my understanding, which could be wrong, that the auto focus works by ranging and comparing straight lines. In the conditions I was in, the auto focus "looked" at, and focussed on, the base of the feeder, NOT the nuthatch. In times like those, I prefer to manually focus, but this is a quick shy bird, I had the camera on auto drive, and no time for such things. He'll be back.

Gary
Michel T 25-Sep-2007 08:39
Beautiful bird.
Laura Milholland25-Sep-2007 02:07
Congratulations on a great catch, Gary! Beautiful shot of a beautiful bird.