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Black-crested Titmouse
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Black-crested Titmouse

by Dennis Plank

Gallery: AvianPosted June 16, 2017199 views9 comments
At least I think that's the current nomenclature for this one.  This one and/or its fellows were regular visitors to the bath I set up behind my trailer at the RV park I was staying in near Rockport, Texas in March/April.  Their plumage is very good at getting wet and I have some images of one perched on top of the drip tube with incredibly wet feathers.  I blew the exposure of this image but saved it because it was one of the few I had with it on a natural perch.  It seemed to respond fairly well to boosting the exposure by a stop and a half or so.

7Dii, Sigma 150-600 C @ 600 mm, hand held, f/8, 1/1250, iso 800, manual exposure.  Processed in LR & PS CC.  Cropped to 12.2 MP before resizing.  Taken on April 12th at 2:11 pm.

Your comments and criticisms are greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

 

Comments

9 comments
Comment posted by Don Young on June 17, 2017 at 1:58 PM
This guy looks a little upset!  Nice focus.
Registered on April 23, 2015, 56 Posts, 224 Comments
Comment posted by Shirley Freeman on June 17, 2017 at 2:44 PM
Excellent capture of this little guy, Dennis! 
Registered on May 27, 2017, 77 Posts, 844 Comments
Comment posted by David Schoen on June 17, 2017 at 5:14 PM
Excellent pose here Dennis.  You nailed the sharpness.  Nice BG.
Registered on November 6, 2006, 1213 Posts, 4587 Comments
Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on June 18, 2017 at 10:17 AM
Beautiful image, Dennis.
The larger version is great. Very nice head turn
Registered on December 18, 2012, 162 Posts, 975 Comments
Comment posted by Barbara Graham on June 18, 2017 at 9:01 PM
This is beautiful.  I love these birds.  I've only seen one in real life and have an image of it, but it's on a wire.  I love this.
Registered on July 27, 2010, 1310 Posts, 5035 Comments
Comment posted by Peter J. Morrissey on June 19, 2017 at 2:58 PM
Hi Dennis
Nice head turn and detail.
Peter
Registered on July 3, 2011, 188 Posts, 969 Comments
Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on June 19, 2017 at 7:43 PM
I like this pose with the nice head turn, Dennis. Great detail in the Titmouse and your composition works really well. A very nice image!!!
Registered on February 6, 2008, 168 Posts, 3118 Comments
Comment posted by Steve Thompson on June 19, 2017 at 9:53 PM
Great diagonal pose from the titmouse. You definitely had it's attention Dennis. I really like your composition and the colors.
Registered on August 7, 2014, 125 Posts, 2319 Comments
Comment posted by Jenaya Launstein on June 20, 2017 at 11:54 AM
Pretty sweet image you got here! I love the pose he gave you! I didn't know these guys would perch on tree trunks rather than branches.
Registered on February 8, 2011, 254 Posts, 1302 Comments