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Blue Tit

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Posted by Chris Johnstone on May 23, 2009 at 4:34 PM
Blue Tit
I really enjoy working on garden birds, you can work from home and nip out at a moments notice, especially in a gap between the rain. After a few weeks they are used to my presence as long as I'm lying down.

This shot uses an 'artificial' set up baited with seeds.

1/400, f8, ISO 500

Comments are welcome.

Thanks,

Chris
Posted by John Robinson on May 23, 2009 at 7:43 PM
Nice pose on this one Chris. I would drop the gamma quite a bit,( it might help the blown white cheeks etc ) and a smaller perch would suit a smaller bird better.
Just my views.
Nice stuff . I like to see common species featured on this site more often.
Cheers
johnR
Posted by Craig Jones on May 24, 2009 at 3:46 AM
Nice pose chris,nits mentioned, very nice :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Tom Smit on May 24, 2009 at 5:01 AM
Hi, I do like the shot and the big perch does not bother me. May be you can crop a bit of the right. I think it's to much empty space on that side.
:toast: :toast:
Posted by Bertl Menegoni on May 24, 2009 at 6:04 AM
Beautiful shot Chris. John is right about the white cheeks.
I like these birds a lot.
:wavey:
Bertl