Tufted Titmouse

Gallery: AvianPosted January 8, 2013159 views10 comments

Spent a little time near the feeder with small birds. A lot of activity and nothing holds still for more than a few seconds. Not many of these around so when this one landed I quickly got off a few frames before he flew. Never came back to the perch, but went directly to the feeder for the rest of the afternoon. I set up about 20-25 feet away in a blind so that I wasn't a threat.

The background is browned out grass and spruce trees. Most of the snow is gone from the hillside but still on the flat ground. I was surprised to see that there was a little vigneting with the 2X and the tube. Slight crop from the top and left to get rid of the shadow.

5D3
400 2.8 W/2XII and a 25mm tube.
ISO 250
1/1000 @f6.3

Thoughts, comments, and critiques are appreciated.

Thanks for looking.

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 8, 2013 at 8:35 PM

Excellent detail, Jerry. Nice pose and perch.

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Comment posted by Verdon on January 8, 2013 at 9:27 PM

love those little fellas, never had a chance to photograph them, great pose, detail and composition, well done!!!

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on January 8, 2013 at 10:10 PM

Exceptional image! Gret pose with the look back at you, fine detail, and an interesting perch. Wish the tail was also in focus, but still a fine image.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Tjie Poo on January 8, 2013 at 10:20 PM

Great pose and fine detail. Love the clean background and the eye is awesome !

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Comment posted by David E Lester on January 8, 2013 at 11:02 PM

Outstanding!!!

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on January 9, 2013 at 12:25 AM

Nice job Jerry. Awesome background for this bird. My lone wish, a little more dof for the tail. I haven't used extension tubes, do you still have autofocus when they are in place? Thought I heard somewhere that no autofocus...or is that just a Nikon problem?

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Comment posted by Jerry Marella on January 9, 2013 at 12:41 AM

Thanks for the nice comments everyone. I appreciate it. I too wish the tail was a little sharper.

Gary, auto focus does work. The max aperature is 5.6 with a 2x and auto focus works at that f stop. Depth is a little shallow and camera movement is amplified. You get the most magnification with the tube attached to the body and the converter to the tube. Lots of light helps.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on January 9, 2013 at 9:42 AM

Nice detail, colors and comp. Good work

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on January 9, 2013 at 2:49 PM

Good reaction to get this titmouse as they do not sit still for very long, I have yet to get a good picture of one. I like the contrast between bird and background plus you have some nice detail in the larger image, way to go.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on January 16, 2013 at 5:59 PM

Very nice view of the bird, it shows of its distinctive colors/markings well Jerry.
I especially like the unusual solid BG. - Everything works, techs look fab

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