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Bearded Tit

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Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on September 28, 2012 at 3:16 PM
Bearded Tit
One from today the coloured ring are part of a 15 year breading study the colour ring over the BTO ring is the year.

phil.

d3 600f4 + 1.7 tc 1/400th @ iso 1250.

PP in Bibble & CS2.

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Posted by Nick Mckeown on September 29, 2012 at 5:31 AM
How do they do those splits? Nice pose and detail on this one Phil. There is a bit of noise in the BG although I note it was at 1250 ISO. How are they doing breeding wise?

Nick. :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :smile:
Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on September 29, 2012 at 9:15 AM
Hi Nick they have had a very poor year at leighton moss.

Phil.

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Posted by Nick Mckeown on September 29, 2012 at 9:32 AM
Sorry to hear that Phil. I assume the poor weather this year has something to do with it.

Nick. :wavey:
Posted by Paul Whippey on September 29, 2012 at 3:00 PM
Great photo Phil. I think I see a tear in its eye though from doing the splits! :eek: :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Robert Lawrence on September 30, 2012 at 9:35 AM
A well taken shot Phil. I like the positioning of the bird in the frame, the detail and the sense of the bird's habitat but I'm not altogether certain about the pose. The fact that the tail mostly obscures the right leg makes it look a touch awkward. If the tail had been lower, giving a clear view then I think it would have been better. Alternatively, if it had been taken from in front of the bird it would have worked even with the tail position. However, that isn't a real world view of things. I fully appreciate the difficulty in getting the shot in the first place and having never even seen one of these I would still be plenty happy with this image.
Posted by Phil Ellard on September 30, 2012 at 12:13 PM
Must have been tough to photograph, lovely effort and worth your undoubted perseverance. :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by keith mitchell on September 30, 2012 at 1:48 PM
Phil a difficult subject very well caught,only nit i have is those rings :biggrin: which of course you can not help,very nice indeed.

Keith. :smile:
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on October 1, 2012 at 4:10 AM
Nice image. The pose is great. :wavey: