White Breasted Nuthatch

[Joel Eade]

From my back yard (set up)
1D MKIV
500mm
Tripod
Manual mode
ISO 1000
f/4.0
1/800

Probably should have opted for a little higher f-stop here, I was so close (maybe 12 feet or so) the dof is too narrow.

[Kerry Perkins]

Hi Joel, lovely exposure and color in this one. Given the tripod support and the bird angling away from the camera, I probably would have opted for a smaller aperture to get a bit more DOF.

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Joel,

I like the open aperture this type of selective focus brings out fine detail and draws the eye in to the subject. I like the unique DoF and it is critically sharp in this case I might reduce the perch size to compliment the DoF.

I also like the composition the angled perch is fine with me some times it can unbalance the frame, let's see what others say.