White-breasted Nuthatch

Gallery: AvianPosted February 18, 2014123 views9 comments

Hunkered down with the recent storms here as things have been a tad slow. We've had a noticeable lack of winter finches here this year, but one can always count on seeing an occasional Nuthatch or two.

D3s
500mm f/4
1/400s @ f/6.3
ISO 800
-1/3 EV
HH

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Scott Frye on February 18, 2014 at 8:24 PM

Beautiful bird and I really like the pose --

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on February 18, 2014 at 9:13 PM

The large image is perfect, Chuck; tack sharp with room to breathe and a killer BG!

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Comment posted by David Haynes on February 19, 2014 at 1:17 AM

Love the background with the blurred out tree. Really shows this little guy off nicely. Tack sharp with a great pose and good eye contact. Nice image Chuck! No matter how bad the weather you can always count on one or two species to give you some frames!

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on February 19, 2014 at 3:47 AM

Classic Nut-Hatch Pose. I like the composition and the details you captured. There is a small blue cast to the entire image. If you have Photoshop, try this. Open the image, duplicate the background layer (assuming you have just one layer in the image you are looking at), Go to the Image Menu, choose Adjustments, choose Match Color and click the checkbox labeled "Neutralize". You'll see a small shift in the color.

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Comment posted by Greg Oakley on February 19, 2014 at 6:21 AM

Lovely image Chuck - nice pose and terrific details. Agree with Keith on the blue cast (easily fixed)

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on February 19, 2014 at 4:48 PM

I like this too. I agree about the slight blue cast.

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on February 19, 2014 at 7:58 PM

Keith- I always check the white balance with the eyedropper in LR before bringing the image into CS6. I missed that critical step with this in PP- Here I employed your technique in Photoshop and the difference is apparent.

Thanks

Registered on August 12, 2009, 544 Posts, 2414 Comments

Comment posted by May Haga on February 20, 2014 at 10:02 PM

One of my favorite birds. Lovely image. I like the classic nuthatch pose.
May

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on February 22, 2014 at 8:23 PM

Classic pose, great details Charles.
Nice shot

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