Photo-a-Day  (Thursday, 7th January, 2016)

Fantastic ,well captured .

Once again, Knew it was an "Oy" picture before seeing the caption. Thanks again, this little fellow brightened a dull cold day!

Once again, Knew it was an "Oy" picture before seeing the caption. Thanks again, this little fellow brightened a dull cold day!

Wow. lovely pic.

Whats spoiling this photo from being one of the photos that get picked for the BBC countryside calendar is the metal bracket

It'll do for me Dave. Great shot.

Great shot, Mick please go away with your stupid gibberish

Beautiful little bird, great shot.

Love this photo! Amazing! Out of interest how can you tell its a female kingfisher?

He keeps on and on turning them out.
What can one say.... excellent.

Lovely subject for a pastel painting! Vibrant!

You can tell it's female as she wears 'lipstick' on her bottom beak! Males beaks are both the same.

Brilliant photo as usual Dave!

It's got it's beak open Rachel.

Perfect.

Stunning photograph Dave,Rachel the male Kingfisher as a black tip on the bottom mandible of its beak, females are all orangey pink.

Superb shot!

That's an absolute cracking photo, beautiful.

Jealous are we Mick? Pathetic.

Dave,that's a lovely shot..it can't be bettered.

Great photo Dave, has the background been removed, or is this as it was, the sky maybe ?

Beltin!

Belter once again Dave.

Roy I think its a very shallow depth of field. Because of this the background is out of focus allowing the subject to stand out.

Notice that Mick never responds to any of the comments made against him..because he just enjoys the attention..he's obnoxious.

Just absolutely fabulous.

Thanks for the kind words folks :)

Thank you Rachel, i'm just a point and press 'photographer'.

Yes - Rachel has it right. The background is quite a way off and I shot this at 300mm and F/4.

How do we know that is in Wigan?? I will post my photo's of bears and bald headed eagles and say I took them in Abram!!

Only last week I saw an anaconda meandering through Haigh Plantations!
Must be global warmin' :-)

Mick, will you for just once praise someones work, instead of spouting negative c--p.This is an excellent photo in anybodys book and you know it is. It looks a damn sight better than yesterdays wooden hut, even if they do sell fish and chips from it. Broady and Johnny, get real, if Dave says it's in Wigan, then it's in Wigan.

Good photography, May even be competitive .

A Dave Oy special, that's all I want to say, just lovely picture

It's about time we had wildlife on instead of boring buildings.

Point taken Jonno....only jestin. An excellent pic and those colours...
Its great that such a diverse variety of wildlife can be seen around Wigan!
The downside is the lowlife in the town centre :-)

Fantastic shot!!