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Published: 2013-04-02 14:38:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 884; Favourites: 33; Downloads: 0
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Nuthatch (Sitta europaea, Kleiber)Taken with a Canon EOS 1100D, Tamron AF 70-300mm 4-5.6 Di SP VC USD Lens
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Update:
Re-edited the image from scratch.
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DankeschΓΆn! Freut mich, dass dir das Foto gefΓ€llt!
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Cool shot, Kleiber were always among my fav birds.
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Thanks! Just yesterday morning I spotted two of them duking it out first on our balcony, then on a tree. I've seen nuthatches defend themselves against other birds before, but not a fight among them, and was slightly surprised by how fierce they were.
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I usually only see one of them, maybe they're territorial?
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Outside the mating and breeding season they're not, but it's possible their offspring hasn't left the nest yet. That would certainly explain that behavior.
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Just now looking at my notifications . . . Aha! That's how you knew my bird photo was a Nuthatch! Great series of shots, Oliver.
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Thank you!
These little guys are among the more common birds around here, so I keep seeing them every now and then (sometimes even in front of the windows 
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This made me catch my breath. Β The softness of the light and colors, the way this beautiful nuthatch seems to be almost built into the scene......simply lovely.
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That's the way they often appear at a distance - the blue-gray of their backs doesn't stand out a lot from the surface of most trees, so you may not notice them unless they're moving (which they are doing an awful lot, though! Hacking away at bugs and such with the ferocity of a woodpecker.
By the way, did you happen to see the previous version of this? I hope not, it wasn't up to par with my editing these days, so I re-edited and re-uploaded this image...
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I did not see the previous version, actually! Β So, to date, I have been exposed only to your highest-quality editing skillz. Β You're good! Β
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Heh, lucky you! The highlights were too bright, the shadows too dark, the details too blurry and the colors all over the place!
Seriously though, if you like to have a good laugh just venture deep into the older parts of my gallery (not the featured one, but the one with all my stuff) sometime and you'll see how those bad-ass 1337 editing skillz started out like!
...then again, it's a good reminder of the way I've come so far.
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Haha, good to know! Β And here's to the journey of improvement. Β
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Lovely work 
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Haha, thanks!
Although going back to some of my older works like this one I start to feel the urge to have another go at the processing of the image...
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^^ I can see the allure, been submitting a lot of old work lately, and although I love it I kinda feel the same, check out the comment I got on this one 
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An nw 
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That's a fabulous capture! Though I understand the comment and your urge to have another go at the editing. It's still a fine shot, however and I wouldn't necessarily call it 'stuck between two ideas'.
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Haha, its kinda like he read my mind 
Thanks for all the favs btw
You working on much atm?? Gonna watch btw, you're too much fun to chat to ;D
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Yeah, I can see how lying there for at least 2-3 hours could make you feel somewhat bored.
4 years? Wow. I don't think I could spent that long without dA.
In any case, I can't wait to see more of your work!
No, not working on much at the moment - just doin' this and that and wonderin' how time flies by...!
And thanks a lot for the watch!
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An same here, cut out everything but this and Flickr ^^
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