Great Tit

Gallery: AvianPosted November 16, 2010116 views12 comments

A Great Tit taken from a home-made hide out in my yard.

Sony A350
Sigma 50-500 EX
1/100th second
f7.1
ISO 400
280mm
-0.3 stop exposure compensation
Centre-weighted metering
Tripod

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Alan Murphy on November 16, 2010 at 7:40 PM

Killer setup Geoffrey. Wish we had more eye contact.

Registered on December 3, 2003, 192 Posts, 739 Comments

Comment posted by Joel DeYoung on November 16, 2010 at 10:26 PM

Excellent shot of this interesting little bird. The exposure looks real good with nice feather detail. I agree with Alan about the eye contact. Nicely done.

Registered on July 12, 2009, 92 Posts, 1074 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Tomalty on November 16, 2010 at 10:27 PM

That's the way to get this clean of a shot.Very nice.
Cheers
RickT

Registered on October 11, 2006, 212 Posts, 1610 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on November 17, 2010 at 2:53 AM

Geoffrey, this is a beautiful setup. Love the branch. It appears the branch is sharper than the bird's head. Maybe just a bit of motion blur in the bird's head that 1/100s could not stop.

Registered on December 6, 2008, 360 Posts, 7132 Comments

Comment posted by Rob Drummond on November 17, 2010 at 5:43 AM

Another winner Geoffrey - love the perch and the contemplative skyward gaze.

cheers
Rob

Registered on November 8, 2003, 617 Posts, 8267 Comments

Comment posted by Pete Bengeyfield on November 17, 2010 at 10:39 AM

Striking color combination. the flowers really set off the bird.

Registered on December 2, 2003, 1247 Posts, 3439 Comments

Comment posted by Danny Laredo on November 17, 2010 at 11:20 AM

Geoffrey, I really like the setup but as mentioned would too love for a better eye contact/head angle.

Registered on March 18, 2008, 71 Posts, 332 Comments

Comment posted by Andy Shepherd on November 17, 2010 at 12:01 PM

Nicely done, Geoffrey.

Andy...

Registered on September 24, 2006, 123 Posts, 1254 Comments

Comment posted by Darren Colello on November 17, 2010 at 12:17 PM

Great job Geoffrey. I like this comp very much.

Registered on July 27, 2009, 175 Posts, 1100 Comments

Comment posted by Mia McPherson on November 18, 2010 at 8:59 AM

Geoffrey,

This Great Tit reminds me some of chickadees, but your birds are more colorful. I like the color combination in your image and the way the bird has its head tilted.

Registered on June 25, 2007, 491 Posts, 12566 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Dudley on November 18, 2010 at 7:30 PM

I like this a lot Geoff. The colors and perch are delightful and I like your comp. I can see the very slight softness differential between branch and head but might not have if it hadn't been mentioned. I'm one that appreciates a variety of head angles/eye contact and this works well for me - especially because your composition has the bird looking at the frame corner (don't ask me to explain that...