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Great Tit (Parus Major)

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Posted by Paul Rosser on February 22, 2010 at 12:10 PM
Great Tit (Parus Major)
Hi everyone, I spent a wonderfull few hrs on Saturday morning photographing small garden birds in some of the best light I've encountered. I was able to use a 'small' aperture and still retain a good shutter speed, as well as keep the BG difused and OOF. All comments are most welcome.
Regards,
Paul. :wavey:

f9, 1/500sec, ISO 200, @370mm.

Canon EOS 7D, Sigma 150-500mm lens.
Posted by chris hajee on February 22, 2010 at 12:13 PM
what a stunning shot from such a common bird Paul :eek:
Posted by David Sewell on February 22, 2010 at 12:15 PM
Nicely composed, great tonal range. No nits from me.

David
Posted by Craig Jones on February 22, 2010 at 12:16 PM
Stunning detail :eek: great choice @F9 Paul :wink: best portrait you've posted to date :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Paul Rosser on February 22, 2010 at 12:18 PM
Cheers guys!! :biggrin:
Posted by Paul King on February 22, 2010 at 12:35 PM
yes agree with the others nice portait Paul. :toast:
Posted by Bronia Klima on February 22, 2010 at 12:52 PM
Great shot Paul super detail very crisp and clean
Bronia
Posted by Kim Connolly on February 22, 2010 at 1:13 PM
Absolutely stunning, perfect exposure, just love it. :toast: :toast:
Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on February 22, 2010 at 1:15 PM
Nicely composed, great tonal range a great image.

Phil.

:toast: :toast: :wavey:
Posted by Cliff Young on February 22, 2010 at 1:20 PM
Agree with others - nicely composed, good lighting, detail and background - all in all a great shot! :smile:
Posted by Maggie Campbell on February 22, 2010 at 1:27 PM
Super detailed Paul. Beautiful BG too. Not much more you could ask for.
The hand is obviously healing well :biggrin:
Posted by Bertl Menegoni on February 22, 2010 at 1:40 PM
Beautiful clean portrait Paul.
:toast: :toast:
Bertl
Posted by Major Gilbert on February 22, 2010 at 1:50 PM
Not a bit out of place Paul. Its just squeaky clean.

Major.
Posted by Andrew Parkinson on February 22, 2010 at 2:40 PM
Hi Paul

You're becoming a bit of a master at these and this is your best yet, stunning! Just out of curiosity why F9, is it because the lens is sharpest at F9 or some other reason? It's just that in a situation such as this I'd use F5.6 max so I was just wondering what you're motivation was

Cheers

Andy
Posted by John Varley on February 22, 2010 at 2:42 PM
Yep, looks great Paul. :toast: :toast:

John
Posted by Paul Rosser on February 22, 2010 at 2:50 PM
Hi Andrew, I used f9, because the Tit's head isn't quite on the same focal plane, as the tail, and I thought f9 would give me a greater DOF, so enabling me to get the whole bird tack sharp. I think my lens is sharpest between f8 and f11.
Regards,
Paul. :wavey:
Posted by John Robinson on February 22, 2010 at 2:50 PM
Good one.
JR
Posted by jack chapman on February 22, 2010 at 3:06 PM
very nice as said, great detail and perch, flawless
Posted by Karen Summers on February 22, 2010 at 4:16 PM
excellent shot colours are beautiful
Posted by Dave Bartlett on February 22, 2010 at 5:13 PM
All been said. Very crisp, clean and simple - just how I like them :toast: :toast:
Posted by David Kjaer on February 22, 2010 at 5:35 PM
Beautiful Paul - superb light, detail & BG!

David :toast: :toast:
Posted by John Chapman on February 23, 2010 at 4:06 AM
Hi Paul, super portrait in stunning light. :toast:
Posted by Mark Davies on February 23, 2010 at 4:26 AM
Nice one .
Posted by Andy Astbury on February 23, 2010 at 4:53 AM
Flawless Paul - well executed and composed shot :wavey:
Posted by Ian Macdermott on February 23, 2010 at 6:45 AM
Well Paul I think its fair to say you nailed that shot :toast: