its all in the grip bluetit

[christopher galeski]

Took this image the other morning,we are getting some nice frosty mornings here in the UK at the moment,so will have to make the most of them,rain and wind forcast end of the week.cannon500mm IS L,tripod,7D,crop,sharpened for web,I know there is a small shadow on the end of the tail,but decided to leave it.thanks for looking,


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[christopher galeski]

missed settings f5.6,1/125s,iso500.thanks.

[thijs broekkamp]

very nice light and pose. nice clean bg. It looks like there is a little bit unsharpness due to movement, on the head.

[John Cooper]

Very nice indeed Chris - A very strong vertical composition, great pose, nice lighting, perch and BG. A very appealing image.

[gail bisson]

Love the light and the composition.
I would sharpen the eye and area around it a bit more.
Gail

[Henry Domke]

I feel like I'm falling off a cliff! I wonder about a bit of clockwise rotation?

[Shawn Zierman]

You nailed the background on this tit image.
Nicely sized perch, with plenty of character too.
Great subject pose, though I do wish for a slight head turn...
bird turning it's head slightly to it's right/more square to the
sensor, would be stronger imo.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Chris, great view of the grip, and I really like the light, and colour of the lichen on the perch. The placement works well, and your BG is a killer.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Great subject, light, perch, BG, comp. I too get the feeling the image may have had some slight movement blur (camera shake) to it that was negated by some extra sharpening.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

The pose, design, perch, bg and light are all excellent. Agree that the motion blur let you down a bit. Not familiar with a 7d but perhaps trading some iso for more SS was an option?

[Satish Ranadive]

Very sweet image with beautiful lights,colors,perch and nice composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Jonathan Ashton]

A familiar dilemma Chris - this darned light or lack of it! I like the shot but I think it is perhaps a little over-sharpened, I too suspect slight subject movement. So long as the image is well exposed I would not be afraid of pushing up the ISO - provided you do not need to crop much at all.

[christopher galeski]

Thanks everybody for looking,and your comments are spot on.thanks again.

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful portrait, great details and eye contact.