Longtailed Tit

[William Dickson]

Canon 7D
Canon F/2.8 300mm with 1x4 TC
F/5.6
1/800
ISO 800

Cropped and sharpened in CS6

Taken on a dull day near to Kinghorn Loch, Fife, Scotland.

I liked the look on this little birds face, it appears to be 'posing' for the camera :S3:

[Iain Barker]

Love the pose on this William. Quite different to most long tailed tit images and captures their character well. Colours also look natural. Are the blurred feathers around the edge just out of focus or have they been blurred by noise reduction?

TFS
Iain

[douglas hayes]

Nice comp. with the tiny guy. and good feather detail. Would enjoy a little more light/colour in the eyes. I hope to see these fellows when next i cross the pond.

[William Dickson]

Love the pose on this William. Quite different to most long tailed tit images and captures their character well. Colours also look natural. Are the blurred feathers around the edge just out of focus or have they been blurred by noise reduction?

TFS
Iain

It is noise reduction Iain, I should have selected the bird more accurately

[keith mitchell]

William a very nice detailed and different shot, like it a lot!

Keith.:S3:

[Satish Ranadive]

Willam, wonderful pose and great expression you have captured.Noted the edges blurring,minor issue can be solved.

Regards,
Satish.

[Jonathan Ashton]

An unusual image, the head on view works for me. I would suggest to make the crop a little less and try a little NR - not much, I think this would make the image a little bit "cleaner".