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The early bird catches the worm so they say only this male blackbird wasn't so early. He waited for me to finish mowing the lawn yesterday at about midday before he decided to forage for a meal.

Its an upload and run by me this evening as we have a flood in the kitchen.
Hope you like the shot and thanks for looking.
Comments/criticism welcome.
A

Camera:Canon EOS400d
Lens:Sigma 70 - 300mm
Recording media:RAW (digital)
Title:The Early Bird
Username:Paul_cats Paul_cats
Uploaded:26 May 2008 - 7:14 PM
Tags:Blackbird, Close up, Close-up / macro, General, Nature, Wildlife, Wildlife / nature, Worms
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Fanastic macro shot.

Paul

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greatdog
greatdog (e2 Member)
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26 May 2008 - 7:24 PM
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Superb shot,great clear detail,love the light in the eye,dane.

LuzDeNoche
26 May 2008 - 7:24 PM
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Enough to feed the whole family there!
Happy(?) mopping on this (river)bank holiday
Wink Lucy

A lovely image full of colour and fine detail

Alec1
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26 May 2008 - 7:24 PM
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Wonderfull Capture. Alec

Cracking shot and detail.
Marilyn x

Maiwand
Maiwand (e2 Member)
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26 May 2008 - 7:26 PM
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Some chicks are going to be pleased to see Dad !! Fine shot.
Ron

CHIPPYX1X
26 May 2008 - 7:27 PM
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Nice crisp clear shot
Davey

KBan
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26 May 2008 - 7:28 PM
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super close up
keith

Tigress
26 May 2008 - 7:31 PM
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Fabulous shot! Good luck with the mopping up!

janty66
26 May 2008 - 7:33 PM
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cracking shot...

pamelajean
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26 May 2008 - 7:36 PM
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He's grabbed some juicy ones there, Paul....yuk, glad I'm not a baby bird! Lovely detail, nice background, good close shot.

mars
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England
26 May 2008 - 7:36 PM
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Great shot.. excellent and the meal looks worth waiting for!!

Margaret

lonely_oryx
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26 May 2008 - 7:38 PM
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Excellent bird portrait

Badgerfred
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26 May 2008 - 7:39 PM
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Excellent capture,
Fred.

bejker
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26 May 2008 - 7:40 PM
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Great shot.

Now thats what I call a good shot.......................john

pluckyfilly
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26 May 2008 - 7:57 PM
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Quote: Now thats what I call a good shot.......................john

seconded - fantastic shot

CarolG
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26 May 2008 - 7:59 PM
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Superb macro. Carol

GillyB
GillyB (e2 Member)
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26 May 2008 - 8:06 PM
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Pleasure to be #30 Paul, superb detail in this shot.

gill

Last Modified By GillyB at 26 May 2008 - 8:09 PM

A wonderful close up of dad getting lunch for the family.
Fantastic macro.
Hilary

buxton
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26 May 2008 - 8:18 PM
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Lovely capture.

PostmanPat
26 May 2008 - 8:33 PM
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A shot to be proud of. Superb. Ken

Excellent capture

Dave

pascalg
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26 May 2008 - 8:51 PM
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excellent detailed shot !

Ingleman
26 May 2008 - 8:51 PM
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Wonderful close up shot, great detail. My only criticism is I didn't take it!! Great nature photo....Andy I

this is truly great sharp close up.......well done

SueTurner
26 May 2008 - 8:56 PM
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what a "catch" - nice work

1st class image, well captured, superb detail.
Chris

fatmod
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26 May 2008 - 9:12 PM
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superb close up shot

jayhyk
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England
26 May 2008 - 9:26 PM
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tops

nickyv32
nickyv32 (e2 Member)
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26 May 2008 - 9:36 PM
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Amazing shot, lovely detail.

Nicky

norton
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26 May 2008 - 10:36 PM
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Superb capture.............

Tony.

whiteswan01
26 May 2008 - 10:52 PM
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superb stunning shot Dawn

SurreyHillsMan
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26 May 2008 - 11:07 PM
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Absolutely fab..... Superb detail... love it big time!

Jon

BERTRAM
26 May 2008 - 11:19 PM
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fantastic close up

Cabit
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26 May 2008 - 11:30 PM
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Belting capture, nice one.
Dave

User_Removed
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27 May 2008 - 1:04 AM
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Superb close-up capture!
Andrew

JimV
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27 May 2008 - 1:59 AM
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You've got a great shot Paul, he's got a feast for the family, nice work by both of you!
Rgds., Jim

chrissd
27 May 2008 - 4:55 AM
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cracking timing Paul, nice one
chris

franken
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27 May 2008 - 8:25 AM
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A stunning close-up!

Ken

dianah
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27 May 2008 - 10:32 AM
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You couldn't have made that worm any juicier Paul. Fabulous shot..so close and the detail is incredible.
Di

FeatherFriend
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27 May 2008 - 10:58 AM
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That is close, a superb shot.
Geoff.

Scaramanga
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27 May 2008 - 3:49 PM
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Great capture, wonderful detail and colours, great timing too.

derekv
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27 May 2008 - 10:55 PM
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Absolutely wonderful shot, Paul, your detail is superb.
Derek

piccy
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27 May 2008 - 11:06 PM
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Mmmm, yumm. Wink
Freda

MandsH
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27 May 2008 - 11:34 PM
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Cracking close up shot
Mandy

sunshot
28 May 2008 - 3:37 PM
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WOW!!!!!!!!!PAUL THIS IS A BRILLIANT CAPTURE. your photography has improved so much over the last six months, really well done indeed.


marc

well seen and captured.. excellent closeup

Nikki !

proz
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28 May 2008 - 6:24 PM
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super capture

brownsilent
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28 May 2008 - 8:42 PM
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Oh well, that's a beakfull! Seems there are enough hungy ones waiting for him/her to come home.

Everyone still on board, no loss in the flood? Hope your kitchen turned into a dry dock again,
Johanna

janet
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28 May 2008 - 9:06 PM
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Superb image!
Hope you have sorted your flood out!

Jan.

KKmoments
30 May 2008 - 11:05 AM
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Eeeek looks like someone's got a juicy lunch Smile... great shot with superb detail .. Karen Smile

sandrish
30 May 2008 - 6:30 PM
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Wonderful!

Sandra

Glostopcat
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1 Jun 2008 - 4:41 PM
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The early bird catches the worm, but the early tog catches the bird! A cracking close up of Mr Blackbird with his catch

awesome just awesome

megamuff8
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3 Jun 2008 - 2:56 PM
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This is one of those "WOWSA" shots, Paul.....Excellent capture!

Cheers,
Suzan Smile

Adrian_Reynolds
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3 Jun 2008 - 9:57 PM
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Wow, great catch, he's got an assortment, love the image, Adrian

KangaGal
18 Jun 2008 - 2:02 PM
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Have just checked out your portfolio. This is a superb shot. PS. I am your 98th vote. I hope you get to100!

chris_taylor
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26 Jun 2008 - 10:41 PM
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Great capture......that's you and him!! Smile

Nice details Smile

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