This loud bird — which you can listen to on xeno-canto — was singing in the bushes and then suddenly flew out and perched at a very tricky angle in relation to the sun. The light completely threw off my camera’s metering, and I had to brighten the image significantly in post-processing. This kind of thing happens every so often, and I am still trying to figure out how to get a decent quality shot in these conditions.

Greater Whitethroat
Shutter Speed | 1250 sec |
Aperture | f/7.1 |
Focal Length | 600mm |
ISO | 80 |
Date | 18/05/2025 |
Time | 14:10 |
Location | Farthing Downs, Surrey, UK |
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