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Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on June 17, 2013 at 2:51 PM

Two Blue Tit fledglings left the nestbox in my garden last week. They both hid themselves in a hortensia (hydrangea) for a couple of hours, occasionally calling and waiting for their parents to arrive with juicy caterpillars. As I didn’t want to disturb feeding, I quickly took some photographs and then left them alone. Photographing them wasn’t quite easy, as these tiny and vulnerable feather balls were hidden very well. Luckely I was able to find a small look through, to capture one of them sitting under a leaf.

Nikon D300s @ 400mm, iso 200, F5, 1/200 sec on a tripod.

Posted by PhilH on June 17, 2013 at 3:45 PM

Super.... A wonderful portrait of this fledgling telling a story that they need to stay hidden to survive... I like it very much...

Posted by Mike Smith on June 18, 2013 at 3:34 AM

I really like the intimate nature of this - great stuff

Posted by Neil Burton on June 18, 2013 at 5:46 AM

Nice, plenty of mush too!

Posted by keith mitchell on June 18, 2013 at 11:42 AM

Very nice indeed Sandra! I really like the mushy bit

Keith.

Posted by David Sewell on June 18, 2013 at 11:55 AM

Yes, the mush works for me too. A lovely shot.

David

Posted by Phil Ellard on June 18, 2013 at 2:39 PM

I like this very much

Posted by Paul Whippey on June 18, 2013 at 4:14 PM

I like this very mush! Nice photo Sandra.

Posted by Bob Johnson on June 19, 2013 at 7:48 AM

Good to see something a little different that works well

Bob

Posted by Andy Shepherd on June 19, 2013 at 8:38 AM

This works very well indeed, I'm not normally a fan of the mush, but this time it looks very good and really adds to the image, very nicely done, Sandra.

Andy...

Posted by Nick Mckeown on June 22, 2013 at 6:39 AM

I too love this shot Sandra, great comp and use of "mush". Nice story too.

Nick.