Mr Grumpy

Gallery: AvianPosted January 6, 2011165 views11 comments

A Blue Tit in the rain taken from a nice warm, dry hide out in my yard.

These poor birds have a lot to put up with and this one looks like he's fed up with the British weather.

Sony A350
Sigma 50-500
1/125th
f7.1
ISO 400
A bit of digital zoom for impact

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Terry Sohl on January 6, 2011 at 1:19 PM

Great title! And a very cool shot. Looked grumpy even on the small image preview!!

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on January 6, 2011 at 1:28 PM

Cool looking pose. Yep, he does look grumpy!! A little soft on the head. The sharpest focus appears to be on the breast.

Registered on November 20, 2003, 458 Posts, 4836 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 6, 2011 at 4:12 PM

I love the pose, Geoffrey.

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Comment posted by Steve Balke on January 6, 2011 at 5:24 PM

I wouldn't want to meet him in a dark alley.....if he was a little bigger.... I like how the black markings form a "Y" on his face, Geoffrey. It sure focuses our attention. You might try a little more sharpening on the top of the head. Startling shot.

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Comment posted by Eric Diller on January 6, 2011 at 6:44 PM

What an expression! Nice capture

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Comment posted by Carol Hyman on January 6, 2011 at 7:10 PM

Geoffrey, I'm not a fan of head-on shots, but this sure is an exception. The raindrops on the bird's head are a real plus.

Nice BG separation.

Thank you for including a larger image.

Carol

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on January 7, 2011 at 9:34 AM

The conmp on this is great and gave me a l;augh this morning! I do think another round of sharpening would be good. Not sure if you missed to focus point or if it is from motion blur. My guess would be motion blur with the 1/125 ss....also because the branch looks sharp throughout and the head and legs are a bit blurry.

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Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on January 8, 2011 at 10:24 AM

Nice shot, Geoffrey- great portrait of this scorbutic bird- curiously it has the same expression of my sweet wife- Ciao, fabio

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Comment posted by kiran khanzode on January 8, 2011 at 9:47 PM

Love the perspective !

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on January 11, 2011 at 7:48 PM

That is great. I love the expression, the drops on the head and the wet bark on the branch

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on January 11, 2011 at 7:49 PM

He sure looks like one ticked off bird!

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