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A Pale Great Tit on a Dull Day

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Posted by Vincent Jones on February 17, 2007 at 6:33 PM
A Pale Great Tit on a Dull Day
Taken today whilst topping up the feeders.

Light was very dull but I was very pleased with this little fella.

D2X - 400mm F2.8 AF-S
ISO 400, F8, 1/500th sec
Using vehicle as a hide.
No flash used

Small amount of cropping on left & right to frame

Thanks for looking, comments/critique very welcome

Vince:toast:
Posted by Mark Smith on February 18, 2007 at 1:15 AM
I really like this one Vince, a bit different to the usual bird on a stick photo.

Mark
Posted by Rene de Heer on February 18, 2007 at 5:06 AM
Very nice Vincent, i agree: different pose works very well!
Rene de Heer
Posted by Sean Bolton on February 18, 2007 at 7:34 AM

Hi Vince

Another excellent shot from your perches. Good exposure and colours too for an overcast day. Nothing wrong with composition, and the eye is obviously pin sharp, but it does look like the feather detail on the back of the bird has gone to mush, although this could be an artifact of JPEG compression.

Nice shot :toast:

cheers

Sean
Posted by Justin on February 18, 2007 at 8:16 AM
Composition works for me and the head looks very sharp,like the pose too,which shows off the acrobatic abilities of these birds. :cool:
Posted by Tim Munsey on February 18, 2007 at 11:37 AM
Excellent pose and pin sharp, great compostion, the full works.

:toast:

Tim
Posted by Clive_S on February 18, 2007 at 2:27 PM
Great sense of implied action. Agree nice to see not another BOAS!