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Tufted Titmouse in flight
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Tufted Titmouse in flight

by Chi Wang

Gallery: AvianPosted April 3, 20063,000 views34 comments
A backyard feeder shot - this Tufted Titmouse is making repeated fly-bys to survey the food I prepared for them on the ground. :smile:

1/2500 sec, f/4, iso 320
D2x, Nikkor 300mm f/4D AF-S

Thanks for looking & comments appreciated.

Comments

34 comments
Comment posted by Alice Scoggins on April 3, 2006 at 10:51 PM
Fantastic perspective...the spread of the wings is lovely. Great shot!
Registered on February 21, 2005, 430 Posts, 5959 Comments
Comment posted by Bob Steele on April 3, 2006 at 11:14 PM
Whoa!! :eek: :eek: :eek: This is fantastic!! :toast:
Registered on November 1, 2003, 354 Posts, 13896 Comments
Comment posted by Duane Rosenkranz on April 3, 2006 at 11:23 PM
Wow, Unbelievable. Amazing shot.
:toast: :toast:
Duane Rosenkranz
Registered on October 13, 2004, 280 Posts, 2661 Comments
Comment posted by Doug Backlund on April 3, 2006 at 11:32 PM
Amazing shot! :toast: :toast:
Registered on September 29, 2005, 252 Posts, 3380 Comments
Comment posted by Dennis Patrick Lor on April 4, 2006 at 12:09 AM
:toast: :toast: Awesome shot!
Registered on January 15, 2006, 91 Posts, 2052 Comments
Comment posted by Nate Chappell on April 4, 2006 at 12:13 AM
Fantastic capture. :toast: :toast:
Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments
Comment posted by Ed Dubois on April 4, 2006 at 12:17 AM
That is an amazingly good shot Chi! :toast: :toast: :toast:
Registered on February 22, 2005, 129 Posts, 4739 Comments
Comment posted by KC Choo on April 4, 2006 at 1:14 AM
Fantastic! Not seen anything like it :eek: :toast:
Registered on November 15, 2004, 519 Posts, 8278 Comments
Comment posted by Juza on April 4, 2006 at 2:39 AM
Wow! Fantastic photo! :toast:
Registered on November 1, 2003, 374 Posts, 10466 Comments
Comment posted by David Kjaer on April 4, 2006 at 4:46 AM
:eek: wow this is both fantastic and beautiful!

David :toast: :toast: :toast:
Registered on January 4, 2006, 128 Posts, 4170 Comments
Comment posted by chris hajee on April 4, 2006 at 5:06 AM
:eek: fantastic shot Chi :toast:
Registered on January 18, 2005, 179 Posts, 2384 Comments
Comment posted by Søren Koch on April 4, 2006 at 5:24 AM
One in a million :toast:
Registered on March 30, 2006, 30 Posts, 42 Comments
Comment posted by Vlad Shegnagaev on April 4, 2006 at 6:19 AM
Whoa, what a great shot! Can't think how it could be better.
Registered on May 21, 2005, 5 Posts, 47 Comments
Comment posted by Pat Watts on April 4, 2006 at 6:21 AM
Beautiful!! The titmouse is perfect and the plants add a necessary element to the photos without taking away from it.
Registered on January 1, 2006, 0 Posts, 1 Comments
Comment posted by Mike Maples on April 4, 2006 at 7:26 AM
Absolutely stunning!
Registered on January 4, 2005, 285 Posts, 731 Comments
Comment posted by Bill Garber on April 4, 2006 at 8:39 AM
Very Nice!
:toast:
Registered on November 17, 2003, 704 Posts, 3535 Comments
Comment posted by dan elster on April 4, 2006 at 9:19 AM
WOW!!!!! :toast: :toast:
Registered on September 23, 2005, 299 Posts, 2443 Comments
Comment posted by Jim Neiger on April 4, 2006 at 9:47 AM
Amazing image! Well done!
Registered on July 9, 2004, 294 Posts, 202 Comments
Comment posted by Satie Sharma on April 4, 2006 at 10:38 AM
This is awesome! :eek: :toast:
Registered on November 11, 2003, 189 Posts, 5335 Comments
Comment posted by Balagopal on April 4, 2006 at 11:38 AM
Great Shot! :toast:

Balagopal,India.

Registered on November 14, 2003, 13 Posts, 68 Comments
Comment posted by Garth McElroy on April 4, 2006 at 12:11 PM
AWESOME!!!! :toast:
Registered on November 1, 2003, 248 Posts, 4406 Comments
Comment posted by Bob Steele on April 4, 2006 at 12:36 PM
Just a friendly reminder (I tried to do this by email, but it bounced...). Only NPN members are eligible for weekly Editor's Picks and annual awards. You have until Saturday this week to rectify this situation if you choose. You never know. :wink: :smile:
Registered on November 1, 2003, 354 Posts, 13896 Comments
Comment posted by Krijn Trimbos on April 4, 2006 at 12:41 PM
That was a pretty big hint from Bob there :wink: :biggrin: If I were you I would become a member asap. Apart from that this is a supurb flightshot. What I like especially is the dry plants in the front, gives a sense of direction. :toast: :toast:
Registered on October 18, 2005, 260 Posts, 2979 Comments
Comment posted by Robert Strickland on April 4, 2006 at 3:57 PM
Great capture, can you offer up some tips on how you do this. It looks like you strobes or something?
Registered on January 16, 2005, 96 Posts, 72 Comments
Comment posted by Dave Courtenay on April 4, 2006 at 4:09 PM
Absolutely brilliant :toast: :toast:
Registered on July 18, 2005, 56 Posts, 462 Comments
Comment posted by Kai Hui on April 4, 2006 at 4:43 PM
:toast: :eek: :eek:
Registered on May 10, 2004, 133 Posts, 574 Comments
Comment posted by jamie pringle on April 4, 2006 at 6:09 PM
Nice visualization and execution. That's the lens that restored my faith in Nikon lenses.
Registered on August 10, 2005, 323 Posts, 1216 Comments
Comment posted by Chi Wang on April 4, 2006 at 6:14 PM
Thanks, Bob, Krijn, I hear ya, that's very flattering, I'll take care of it later this week, too much going on until Thursday. I did change the email address, though. :smile:

>>..can you offer up some tips on how you do this. It looks like you strobes or something?

Nothing that fancy, Robert. It's just an old fashioned use-your-fastest-shutter-speed trick. Of course I've been watching these guys going after their food for some time, so I knew their fly pattern well relative to the location of their food and where they take off :biggrin: That's kind of important for manual pre-focusing. And the other thing is exposure, I, again manually, metered against a patch of well-lit greenery, that worked well. Hope this helps and good luck.

Thx all for commenting
Registered on March 29, 2004, 68 Posts, 179 Comments
Comment posted by Kirk Greene on April 4, 2006 at 8:25 PM
Thanks for the techs. This, as has been stated, is fantastic! :eek: :toast: :eek:
Registered on May 12, 2004, 191 Posts, 1578 Comments
Comment posted by Vic Harris on April 10, 2006 at 9:22 AM
Amazing flight shot! :toast: :toast:
Registered on November 1, 2003, 295 Posts, 2830 Comments
Comment posted by Doug Benner on April 14, 2006 at 6:10 AM
This is stunning. Congratulations.
Registered on December 8, 2003, 482 Posts, 1868 Comments
Comment posted by James L on April 29, 2006 at 5:19 PM
I'm Chindrop speechless

Jim
Registered on December 18, 2005, 0 Posts, 2 Comments
Comment posted by W. Tracy Parnell on June 1, 2006 at 10:17 PM
:eek: :eek:
Registered on March 4, 2004, 27 Posts, 1638 Comments
Comment posted by Bob Mullen on January 19, 2007 at 5:12 PM
WOW! :toast: :toast:
Registered on June 4, 2006, 133 Posts, 1056 Comments