David Nichols
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shot of the month... March 2003

 

The story behind the photography of this Black Redstart (phoenicurus ochruros) is 'if at first you don't succeed try and try again'. I spent several hours over two or three days trying to get close enough to this male to make a frame-filling image.

I took several rolls of film but although well lit the images were too small to be any good and ended up in the bin! I had inadvertently left this particular roll of film in by back-up camara body and only had it developed on my return from a trip to Point Pelee in May. It was a nice surprise to find I did get 'that shot' after all.

 

 

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