An Attitude Bird

Gallery: AvianPosted October 10, 201188 views7 comments

The Titmouse is my favorite for it's attitude. Just a splendid little bird with confidence well beyond it's small size. I know this is cluttered with branches, noisey and maybe some other negatives and it was from a time BNPN when I never went above ISO200 and never used a tripod.

I'd love to hear the weak points anyhow as I may not have noticed them all.

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on October 10, 2011 at 7:55 PM

A tricky shot for sure with all of those twigs - but you managed to get a good look at the eye and even get some catchlight. I think there are some image quality issues (from cropping most likely) but the raised crest is nice.

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Comment posted by Michael Lotito on October 10, 2011 at 8:57 PM

These little birds a tricky to get out from in back of the brush. The brush is the only drawback or plus depending on how you wish to think about it.

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Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on October 11, 2011 at 7:55 AM

Real cute subject Charlie! Working on the assumption that this is cropped a fair bit, if I had a similar shot of a bird that I liked but felt it was a little too soft (and not easy to sharpen in PP), I think I'd probably make the subject much smaller in the frame (by not cropping for a close-up) and that way making the image more of a picture including habitat.

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Comment posted by Sally King on October 11, 2011 at 1:07 PM

I like Ashleys suggestion. I think image quality will improve greatly with a smaller crop.

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Comment posted by May Haga on October 11, 2011 at 3:07 PM

I love these little guys and they are so hyperactive it is difficult to photograph them. For me, and it is only my personal preference, I find the branches too distracting. It was nice to get the face in the open.
May

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Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on October 11, 2011 at 4:58 PM

Thanks all for critiques. They all make sense and will effect me in photos forward, I'm sure.

Charlie

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on October 11, 2011 at 10:53 PM

I do like the way he is all puffed up here. Goes with the bare branches. More room on the right will get him out of the center and give him a space to look into.

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