Tufted Titmouse

[jack williamson]

This is at a set-up. This is about 40% of the original. Nikon D700, 300mm f2.8, 1.4tc, tripod. Adjusted wb and recovery in acr. Toned down the perch, s/h on bird and perch,color adjustment of bg, nr on bg. Very small usm in cs3.

[Arthur Morris]

Killer pose. Sharp with a perfect EXP. It seems that you are resistant to using thin, attractive perches :) The bird is a bit far forward in the frame and the large light circles are a distraction.

[Raul Padilla]

i like the colors, pose, the beak is not very sharp, the perch may be bether

[jack williamson]

Thanks guys. I knew I would get beat up about the perch.

Jack

[Daniel Cadieux]

The pose is super and I like the parallel lines between subject and perch. I agree said perch is not best though, and the comp could be strenghtened with additional cropping (at the risk of reduced IQ since this is already cropped much).

[jack williamson]

Thanks Daniel, this crop was really the best I could do. Any more expansion to the right would have entailed a good bit of cloning (my fault for choosing this perch.) With that bkgr it looked like a tough cloning job.

Jack