Red Breasted Nuthatch

Gallery: AvianPosted November 23, 201281 views2 comments

I've had a pair of these coming to the feeders for about 2 weeks now. Here the female checks out my feeding stump.

D300 w/Sigma 50-500mm @ 500mm
f/8
1/500
EC -.7
iso 400
tripod mounted
80% FF

Comments & critique welcomed and appreciated.

Comments

2 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on November 23, 2012 at 3:40 PM

Good detail, lighting and pose. Eye contact is good. I like the slightly open beak. I think you could safely crop some of the RHS and improve the balance. As is, everything feels a little crammed into the LHS.

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Comment posted by Jim Hansen on November 23, 2012 at 5:04 PM

Great job getting close to this tiny and hyperactive bird to create a nice image. Agree there's a lot of empty space on the right. Maybe a vertical or squarish crop?

Registered on May 5, 2011, 161 Posts, 908 Comments