Great tit

[Jonathan Ashton]

Camera Model Canon EOS-1D X
Shooting Mode Manual Exposure
Tv(Shutter Speed) 1/1000
Av(Aperture Value) 8.0
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 1250
Auto ISO Speed ON
Lens EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM +1.4x III
Focal Length 504.0mm

Taken from my back garden hide. All C&C welcome.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image. Very nice look back pose, wonderful colors, superb details, beautiful perch, Bg and spectacular composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Randy Stout]

Jon

Satish summed it up well:

Colors of perch and bg work great. Nice look back pose, good dof, comp.

Cheers

Randy

[keith mitchell]

Jon you did well getting this bird to sit on that prickly perch which does look good, nicely posed bird on a smooth bg ,all looks very good.

Keith.

[William Dickson]

A cracker Jon. Lovely comp and colours throughout. Its a pleasure to look at. Good work.

Will

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nicely done Jon. Perch, BG, composition and processing all came together nicely to form a strong image.

[Arthur Morris]

Superb but :) The bird and the perch need to be more left in the frame, and the image appears overall dark on my monitor: I'd pull up the middle tones quite a bit. Love, love, love the teasel and the head angle. a

[christopher galeski]

Loverly image John,great BG perch and pose,sharp with good detail.well done.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thanks very much everyone for your comments, here is a repost along Artie's suggestion

[dennis greenwood]

Cracking perch....

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks for the repost Jon. The lighter overall looks allows us enjoy the detail in the image. I think that it would look great with an out of the box crop: half off the open space on the left...

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thanks Artie:S3:

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Jon, lovely soft light, and I like the overall IQ in this. Great look back pose, well exposed, and thats a killer BG.

[steve torna]

I would like to compliment as well, I appreciate everything about the image; it simple, clean and elegant. steve

[Lorant Voros]

Beautiful work, Jon! A real eye candy. Well done.

[Wilhelm Waltermann]

Hello Jon,
pictures of birds on a wild teasel always look very pretty. good work, but maybe a little more space in viewing direction.

[Jim Crosswell]

Beautiful image Jon! I like the perch, pose, BG and comp wise I would like a little more room in front of the bird.