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Posted by Bob Hastie on January 30, 2008 at 2:33 PM
One from a session with these wonderfull little birds on Sunday.
We were hoping to get a few shots and in the end a pair of them stayed in front of us for 2 1/2 hours.
Will post some shots of the male in a couple of days.
Canon 30D
100-400 + 1.4x @ 560mm
Iso 200
1/500 @ f8
Full frame
Small read cloned out from bottom RHS
Nicely composed-the reeds in the background show habitat and are just enough OOF not to be distracting-nice sharp eye-lovely
Dave
Posted by Andy Astbury on January 30, 2008 at 2:47 PM
I wish I could find some of these little darlings - nice capture and comp
It's looking a tad flat on my monitor though - maybe a touch of S/H adjust might just make it pop that bit more
Posted by Brian Phipps on January 30, 2008 at 3:13 PM
Imagine this...I was sitting in a hide without a care in the world Sunday afternoon, as I walked back to the car I checked my phone that was on silent, lots of missed calls from Bob Hastie, he had been trying to get in touch with me to see if I was in the area as the Bearded Tits where showing big time....gutted.... what was even worse was I was only 1/2 hour away max
Cracking picture in cracking light
Posted by Paul Ashton on January 30, 2008 at 3:55 PM
A great shot of an elusive little bird.
Posted by Graeme Lee on January 30, 2008 at 4:06 PM
Looks fine on this monitor...great shot
Posted by Barry Southon on January 30, 2008 at 5:36 PM
Bob
A little cracker
Barry
Eastbourne
Posted by Nick Railton on January 30, 2008 at 5:38 PM
Great image, never seen one myself, hope to one day.
Cheers
Posted by Tim Munsey on January 31, 2008 at 2:58 AM
Hi Bob,
Were you with Stewart? Great shot, only ever had one opportunity and missed that.
Discussion
15 repliesWe were hoping to get a few shots and in the end a pair of them stayed in front of us for 2 1/2 hours.
Will post some shots of the male in a couple of days.
Canon 30D
100-400 + 1.4x @ 560mm
Iso 200
1/500 @ f8
Full frame
Small read cloned out from bottom RHS
Comments welcome
Bob
Frederic
Dave
It's looking a tad flat on my monitor though - maybe a touch of S/H adjust might just make it pop that bit more
Cracking picture in cracking light
A little cracker
Barry
Eastbourne
Cheers
Were you with Stewart? Great shot, only ever had one opportunity and missed that.
Tim
John
Aberdeen
What a cracking capture of a cracking bird (look forward to seeing the Male in a couple of days). Not one I've seen before.
David