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Longtailed tit

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Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on February 23, 2007 at 5:40 AM
Longtailed tit
Taken earlier this week, using car as a hide and a beanbag on open window PP in nikon capture and cropped to A4 dimensions In photoshop 7.01.


Phillip.


Nikon D2X
Focal Length: 700mm 500mm + 1.4tc
Color Mode: Mode III (Adobe RGB)
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
White Balance: Preset d-4
Metering Mode: Center-Weighted
AF Mode: AF-C
1/90 sec - F/5.6
Exposure Comp.: -0.3 EV
Lens: 500mm F/4.5 D
Sensitivity: ISO 400


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Posted by Mark Sisson on February 23, 2007 at 5:51 AM
Nice capture of the bird and it really does look like just a ball of feathers!! The twig will look even more appealling in about 2-3 weeks!!

Mark
Posted by Jim Greenfield on February 23, 2007 at 6:17 AM
Nice shot of a bird which rarely stays still for longer than 1 sec. in my experience.
Posted by Dave Courtenay on February 23, 2007 at 7:40 AM
Still havent got any so very jealous :toast:
Posted by Elliott Neep on February 23, 2007 at 9:18 AM
Hi Phil,

Good to see you're still out and about! No accidents recently then? :biggrin: Lovely natural shot. Was it shot in your local patch? :toast:
Posted by Rene de Heer on February 23, 2007 at 9:57 AM
Lovely image Phil, of a very difficult bird!
Rene de Heer
Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on February 23, 2007 at 10:04 AM
Hi Elliott well it was taken in Lancashire, it's the site that I use for the dipper's I have been a couple of times to see how the river is and the banks.

Phillip.




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Posted by Andy Astbury on February 23, 2007 at 10:18 AM
Nice one Phillip - I'm jealous too as I saw two for the first time in months the other day, only problem was it was tipping with rain and that dull the exposure would have been about 3 weeks@f1.
Then to top it off I was out with the spaniels this morning (no cam as too old to multi task) and was greeted by a Yellow Hammer who sat there not more than 15 feet from me singing his little socks off - always the way :confused:

Regards

Andy
Posted by Paul Hillion on February 23, 2007 at 1:50 PM
Great shot, really like it! I saw my first Longtailed tit last weekend and sat waiting for half an hour or so hoping to get a shot but no luck. I might follow your lead and try from the car this weekend in the spot where I saw it last.

Best wishes.
Posted by Alan Bryant on February 23, 2007 at 2:02 PM
Great shot of a fantastic Tit :toast:
Posted by Richard Tynan on February 23, 2007 at 2:20 PM
I like the muted colours, typical British weather.

The bird looks good and a great BG.
Posted by Tony Beazley on February 23, 2007 at 7:52 PM
Wow that is the cutest little bugger I've seen in a long time. Great frame there!!!
Is this bird the same size as a chick-a-dee?
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Tony B.
Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on February 24, 2007 at 5:34 AM
Hi Tony the overall length is about the same size as a blackcap chick-a-dee.

Phillip.

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Posted by David Taylor on February 24, 2007 at 6:18 AM
As soon as I hear high pitched squeaking I know the LTTs are about. When I see a photo like this it makes me all the more determined to capture an image. No luck so far though
:frown: . Excellent shot! :toast: :toast:
Posted by Paul Gibbs on February 24, 2007 at 6:41 PM
Very nice phillip, long tailed tits are very cute. My local reserve has no car park and hides... so i'll have to be extra sneeky... but they seem to be breeding there.
Posted by John MacTavish on February 25, 2007 at 11:50 AM
Superb shot of a tricky little critter to catch.


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