Whinchat - Saxicola rubetra
Canon 800mm f8 for 1/640th @ iso400
Whenever I look a this image I am never quite sure about the balance to it, but I do like the way the Whinchat is perched on the stem of the fern frond, which shows how light the birds are, this combined with the shape of the fern.
Up on the "hill" there are usually a few pairs of Whinchat arriving in the Spring to breed before returning to warmer climates.
It is very easy to be distracted by the likes of the Black Grouse who can prove t be very dynamic photographic subjects, especially if the light is "fast" and the birds are locked in combat.
Sometimes it pays to move on and find other subjects to photograph before the sun gets too high and the wildlife moves further out into the moors.
Whenever I look a this image I am never quite sure about the balance to it, but I do like the way the Whinchat is perched on the stem of the fern frond, which shows how light the birds are, this combined with the shape of the fern.
Up on the "hill" there are usually a few pairs of Whinchat arriving in the Spring to breed before returning to warmer climates.
It is very easy to be distracted by the likes of the Black Grouse who can prove t be very dynamic photographic subjects, especially if the light is "fast" and the birds are locked in combat.
Sometimes it pays to move on and find other subjects to photograph before the sun gets too high and the wildlife moves further out into the moors.