The Stately Gentlebird

Posted at 23:07:37 on Wed, January 23rd 2008 by graham
in: 200mm animals bird d40x eric garden home pheasant photography three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008

Graham Binns posted a photo:

Three-hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 22

This is Eric. Well, he's an Eric. Eric is the generic moniker for all the cock-pheasants (there's about five of them) that roam around our garden, apart from the black ones (of which there are two), which are called Ernie. Eric and Ernie. Geddit?

This isn't the most fantabulous photo ever, but with only a 200mm lens and no monopod it was the best I could do at very short notice. This is the only time that an Eric has let me get close enough to get a decent photo of him. Not that that's a reason to not invest in a 600mm lens at some point in the future...

Colours were tweaked slightly in the Gimp to remove a blueish hue. Also, the image was sharpened a little. Notice also the blackbird in the background trying to get out of frame and failing miserably.

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Graham Binns is a writer, photographer, musician and software developer from Lancaster, England, with far too much hair, a penchant for odd t-shirts and a magnificent hat. He has been making things up for as long as he can remember and has been making code work for long enough to make a living from it.

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