Eurasian nuthatch

[Tomasz Zawadzki]

Shot taken with:
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
EF600mm f/4L IS II USM +1.4x III
ƒ/10.0
1/400
ISO 2000

Took this one from the hide in the backyard. Thanks in advance for feedback.

[Bill Dix]

Lovely nuthatch pose (although I do wish the tail were visible). A lot like our Red-breasted Nuthatch. Beautiful fine detail.

[Isaac Grant]

Agree with Bill. Very nice pose and feather details. Background is a little noisy and I am not 100% about the angle of the trunk. Did a quick redo where I leveled the top and bottom of the tree so it is more vertical and also ran noise reduction on background. Also cloned out the bright spots on the bottom of the trunk. Thoughts?

[Tomasz Zawadzki]

Thanks. I think it does look better like that. Thanks for feedback.

[Tomasz Zawadzki]

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I have applied your tips and this after changes. I think it looks better now. What do you think guys?

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Beautiful capture in nice soft light. I prefer the Nuthatch size in the original. Like the complimentary BG.

Geoffrey




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[Isaac Grant]

Noise looks better for sure and really makes the bird pop. I am OK with the original size and the crop. By the way I'm very impressed that you could get a sharp shot of one of these little speed demons at 1/400th. Very well done.

[Tomasz Zawadzki]

Thanks. It's hard to shot those little guys at lower speeds, but the light didn't allow faster speeds unless i would increase ISO speed.
But they tend to stay in that pose for a few seconds usually so it's a matter of being patient and firing lot of shots.

[arash_hazeghi]

I like the sharp details and the nice BG+perch. like the view of the feet but wish we could see the tail too, still an attractive pose

TFS