Tufted Titmouse

[Eric Driver]

XSi/450D
EF 75-300mm f/4-5:6
tripod: yes
Crop: no
Flash: no
ISO: 800
exposure: 1/250
aperture: f/6.3

[Doug Brown]

Hi Eric. Nice look at the tuft; kind of resembles a conehead! I'd like to see better eye contact with the bird and perhaps a profile view. Also I would think about a vertical crop that includes the entire bird. Thanks for posting!

[Milo Burcham]

I agree with Doug's comments. The crop is awkward, perhaps vertical would have improved composition

[Eric Driver]

The vertical crop

[Daniel Cadieux]

Hi Eric. What Doug means is a vertical that extends lower than what you have here in order to include the complete tail, if you have it. If not then I would consider trying to lure him back (is this near a feeder setup?) and prepare in advance to include more room all around to avoid clipping parts of him.

edit: just saw that there is no crop on the original...

[Eric Driver]

yes daniel there is no crop so that first one was the original image. This is a feeder set-up and i had the tripod up before they came, however, i had it set up for a different branch...so i didnt expect him to come this close to me. Next time ill try to include the feet.