saxicola torquata - cartaxo comum

Posted by pedro alexandre (loures, Portugal) on 15 July 2008 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

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another saxicola torquata (european stonechat) and a male, you can tel by the black throat, these fellows are prety common you can find them anywhere

now lets talk about gear (i don't usualy do but if you think on buying this lense), this is where the canon 100-400 gets really sharp, 1/600 or 1/300 slower speeds its just dificult to get good pictures even with the IS on, you can try a tripod but these birds are very active, so a tip to all the canon 100-400 users, the light must be perfect if the speed isn't there (1/400 1/300 or so) just up the ISO, cheers.

my selection for the month
don smith (us), don smith a fulltime professional landscape and sports photographer, (i can tell you that is impossible to do here in portugal unless you want to starve to death), anyway, he has a unique style of photography, iconic places photographed with his interpretation such as the grand canyon, a pro bringing together light, color, and a vision of the wonders of the world, e uses agressive tones and soft processing, check him out.