Fluffy Blue Tit

Gallery: AvianPosted March 26, 2014114 views20 comments

One from the new pool today
I never get tired of these little gems
Nikon d7100
Nikor 70-300mm
800 iso
180th @f9
70% of fu;ll frame.
Levels Paint Shop Pro
Neat Image.
Few white highlights removed.
Thanks for comments on last pic.
Cheers
JohnR
Would be interested to hear your views on the brightness of this. Been playing with monitor settings .

Comments

20 comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on March 26, 2014 at 9:43 PM

Love the fluffy bathing pose, the brightness looks good to me.

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Comment posted by John Robinson on March 26, 2014 at 9:48 PM

Thanks Nate - so I need,nt spend three days monitor messing then ?!!!
Cheers
John

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Comment posted by Louis Pattis on March 26, 2014 at 10:11 PM

Lovely action and beautiful natural colors, brightness looks spot on, especially with the gray background on the large version.

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Comment posted by John Robinson on March 26, 2014 at 10:20 PM

Encouraging words Louis- Thanks- I will stop fiddling then !! I do have slight colour / eye probs etc so it does help if things lookn generally OK to people.
Thank You
JohnR

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on March 26, 2014 at 10:22 PM

Very nice capture. Love the water.

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Comment posted by Peter Cross on March 26, 2014 at 10:58 PM

I love the stuff you post from you "pond" and this one is no different. Your tits are so much more colorful than our chickadees despite being fairly close taxonomically. A nice pose from this one and you got it right with exposure, etc. Well done.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on March 27, 2014 at 3:04 AM

John,
A simply beautiful image, on my monitor brightness is spot on.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on March 27, 2014 at 2:24 PM

Brightness looks perfect to me - and the bird is delightful.
Sweet colours, perfect pose, nice water drops, and a net view of the underwater pebbles.

Sandy

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on March 27, 2014 at 3:02 PM

Wonderful shot John! Since you wasn't at eyelevel with the bird, we get to see the leaves underneath the surface. Crisp, sharp and great techs. On my screen the brightness is spot on ! Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on March 27, 2014 at 4:08 PM

This is way cool, John. You've got fine color and detail in the feathers and a great behavior catch. The brightness looks fine to me (on my calibrated monitor).

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Comment posted by Marina Scarr on March 27, 2014 at 4:32 PM

Terrific image, John. Love all the feather details, the water droplets and the pose!

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on March 27, 2014 at 4:53 PM

A beauty you have here John. I really like the fluffiness and spread tail feathers, and a perfect head turn too.

Sweet One

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on March 27, 2014 at 7:08 PM

Gorgeous detail, John. A great way to inaugurate your new pool.

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Comment posted by Rick Cloran on March 27, 2014 at 10:23 PM

Super job John, No nits here.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on March 27, 2014 at 11:39 PM

Very pleasing image John. Good job on the exposure, love the setting and angle.

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on March 28, 2014 at 2:57 AM

Outstanding image John,
Well captured and presented.

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Comment posted by Martin Dunn on March 28, 2014 at 5:53 AM

Lovely capture John.
Great colours great -fluffed up - detail and a nice relaxed pose.

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Comment posted by John Robinson on March 28, 2014 at 9:19 PM

Thanks everyone.
Your support and interest is really appreciated. My photographic excursions are about done and its all through the window or in my little pool hides now. - but I have some pleasant memories ( and some not very pleasant at all !!) Photography and those doing it have changed in many ways- some not very nice. If you get bored with my puddle splashes and stuff let me know !!!
Thanks again.
JohnR

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on March 28, 2014 at 11:09 PM

Exquisite detail John

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on April 3, 2014 at 9:06 AM

Exposure looks very good John, excellent

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