Two Blue Tits

[John Robinson]

Blue Tits at pool.
Strange how some birds at my pools regularly bathe next to others. BlueTits,Great Tits ,Sparrows , Redpolls etc will often try to get close to Chaffinces or other species but some just won't tolerate them anywhere near
Might be worth doing some serious work on.
I had a bit of trouble with the blues on his one. See what folks think.
D7000
Nikor 70-300mm
800 ISO
125th sec @ f9
About 80 % of full frame
Levels etc Paint Shop Pro.
Thanks for comments on my last pic.
Cheers
JohnR

[joshua lincoln]

Stunning composition. I have nothing but positive things to say about this picture. The quality, clarity and the subject matter are all top notch in my opinion.
I very much enjoyed this shot.

[John Robinson]

Thanks Joshua.
I am sure you will enjoy it here. Welcome.
John

[gail bisson]

I just love this one! It made me smile as soon as I opened the thumbnail.
I have never seen these birds in real life but to me, all the colors are wonderful.
The DOF is excellent and the two wet, bedraggled birds are tack sharp.
I also like the yellow leaves in the BG and find myself wishing the brown leaf in front of the bird was yellow as well.A minor issue really on a really beautiful image.
Well done John,
Gail
PS I think you should hold a lottery and the winner gets to spend a week in your magical hide!! I think you could sell a lot of tickets!!

[Joseph Przybyla]

Lovely image John, what beautiful birds. The ruffled wet feathers make is so different.

[Diane Miller]

Absolutely charming, wonderful, spectacular -- and on top of all that I really like it.

There is a symmetry glitch along the left edge, however. I'd just crop it out - not sure you need that much space over there. Otherwise it's an easy clone fix.

[John Robinson]

Thanks
Gail- If you have the air fare you can use it anytime !
Diane- I keep missing it. Its a quirk of CZM - it leave an inverted duplicate strip down one sid. Thanks
I,, ll not take up space witha repost.
Chers
John

[Rob Monsipapa]

Very cute shot, made me smile. All I could think was they are having SOOO much fun! Like the colors and tac sharp image. Looking for more John!

[Ashleigh Scully]

Beautiful colors and the detail is amazing! Great job!

[adrian dancy]

Simply adorable...what's not to like.

[Joe Murphy]

They are looking a bit guilty :S3: the blues look right for a shaded shot, lovely image John.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Johnny, great DOF, and just love the detail of the wet plumage on both birds. Blues look great, and I like the inclusion of the yellow leaves.

One of your best. :cheers:

[John Robinson]

Thanks all. Iwas a bit worried about the colour as I,ve been playing with some software calibration on my LG monitor. (It was a free download !- bit cheaper than a Spyder!) Seems like everything is near enough.
Cheers
John

[Jonathan Ashton]

Hi Johnny what a grogeous shot, these bathing shots give the impression that you are letting us into their personal lives - I did wonder at first if it was a tad over sharpened but nobody else seems to think so.

[David Salem]

You sure are getting some nice shots from your hide. Nice detail and poses on these cute colorful little birds. Nice work.

[John Robinson]

Thanks
Hi Jon Maybe its the wet feathers. Certainly didn't give itany extra. It may have been the D7100 not the d7000 which means the sharpeneing needs to be dropped in camera with fine detail like this. I get nixed up!!!
Cheers
John

[Holger Leyrer]

Super !
Outstanding Image in every respect.

[douglas hayes]

brilliant blue birdies bathing beside bucolic backwoods burgeoning beautiful brine

[John Robinson]

Thanks Douglas
Still going through the thesaurus but I get the impression so far that you like it !! :S3::S3:
Thanks
John

[christopher galeski]

very nice image,its all been said.

[Karl Egressy]

Wow, this is amazing, Jonny. Just love it!!!!!!

[Marina Scarr]

This is really a killer image, John. I might take a bit off of the right to keep the birds out of center. You really acquired amazing details and colors here. LOVE IT