Fluffy Blue Tit

[John Robinson]

One from the new pool today
I never get tired of these little gems
Nikon d7100
Nikor 70-300mm
800 iso
180th @f9
70% of fu;ll frame.
Levels Paint Shop Pro
Neat Image.
Few white highlights removed.
Thanks for comments on last pic.
Cheers
JohnR
Would be interested to hear your views on the brightness of this. Been playing with monitor settings

[Karl Egressy]

Such a lovely bird! Nice image, John.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Hey John,

I'm usually a big fan of getting down to eye level when I can, but I have to say that this is almost the "perfect" angle for this shot. You've got great detail throughout the bird, but the rocks under the water make this for me. It's almost like you had a polarizer on.

Brightness looks good for me. The only thing I would do is remove the green portion on the bottom left of the image. Not sure what it is.

Miguel

[John Robinson]

Thanks both.
Miguel- yes I'v e tried many angles over the years with my pool photography and always come back to this compromise. It helps to minimise reflections, and helps with depth of field when the bird is back on with head turned looking back. If you are lower down, then a bird the size of a sparrow with its back to you at 8 foot away needs a lot of Depth to get it all in focus!!!- impossible in fact.
Cheers
John

[adrian dancy]

There is only one word for this image John...Wonderful.

To answer your question the brightness looks about right for me as do the bird's colours.

[William Dickson]

very nice John Well done :S3:

[Neil Burton]

Lovely BT shot John.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Lovely shot, I like the pose and the pool, "brightness" is fine, the yellows appear to have a slight green cast.

[gail bisson]

This is beautiful.
I love the flared tail and the nice clean bottom of the pool.
No nits from me,
Gail

[christopher galeski]

nice image Johnny,loverly bathing pose,birds sharp with good detail,being able to see the bottom of the pool infront of the bird,is magic.

[John Robinson]

Thanks all. Its good to know my settings are about right. I'll leave my workflow and settings etc alone now !!!
JohnR

[Rob Melone]

Once again, I must say that the IQ and detail you are getting with the 70-300 is remarkable John. You certainly have mastered that lens which I also own and can't get anywhere near as good detailed images.

[John Robinson]

Hi Rob
I must admit my stuff appears to be having more IQ lately but it only seems since I got the lens and also the camera(D7100) at about the same time. It is sometimes too sharp and I have to knock it down a notch in the camera. ! I must admit for a setup costing several thousands less than many use, its not too bad.
Cheers
John

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the bathing pose, HA, sharpness, details, light and composition. Underwater rocks really add to the image. Very well done John!

[Diane Miller]

I've gotten way behind in Avian and scrambling to just see everything. But have to say your monitor is spot on! You are getting incredible sharpness and detail, too!

Do I gather from your comment about sharpness in camera that you are shooting JPEG? Just curious. Whatever you're doing, it works!