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Acrobatic Long-tailed Tit

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Posted by SteveHL on March 4, 2006 at 3:22 PM
Acrobatic Long-tailed Tit
This fellow picked up a seed off the feeding table. Landed on the perch, let go with one leg and swung under the branch. Took the seed from its bill with the free foot and had a very quick meal.
Sigma SD10, Sigma 300-800 @ 648mm, F5.6 1/640s ISO200.
All comments appreciated.
Regds
SteveHL
Posted by David Kjaer on March 4, 2006 at 3:31 PM
Hi Steve

That is an awesome 'behaviour' shot!

David :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Tim Munsey on March 4, 2006 at 3:52 PM
This is just sooooooooooo good, its a real gem. Elvis spotted as Long tail Tit reincarnation!!
Terrific

:toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast:

Tim
Posted by stewart bradshaw on March 4, 2006 at 4:19 PM
Nice shot steve. really shows off the long tail and as already mentioned an interesting pose. possibly the tail comes a bit close to the edge of the frame, but a cracker in any case...

Stewart..... :jump:
Posted by Alan Woolnough on March 4, 2006 at 5:13 PM
A great moment captured Steve,

Well timed :toast:

Alan
Posted by Barrie Courtenay on March 5, 2006 at 2:04 AM
Hi Steve,really nice pose,I like this a lot,how do you find the sigma 300mm-800mm same lens as the one I used on the long tailed tit two posts down.

:toast: :toast:

Barrie
Posted by SteveHL on March 5, 2006 at 12:18 PM
Thanks everyone for the encouragement.
Barrie. I've now been using it for about 18 months, it took a while to get used to it but now I have A Gitzo/Wimberley combo its my lens of choice for bird work. The only change I'd make would be the new glass but it wasn't available when I got mine. How are you getting on with yours? How long have you had it?
Regds
SteveHL
Posted by Sean Bolton on March 6, 2006 at 3:26 PM
Hi Steve

What an excellent capture of this unusual behaviour. :toast:

The composition could be slightly better, probably landscape format would be better given the angle of the bird and the branch. But the timing of this shot more than makes up for it. Great stuff.

cheers

Sean