Taken in my backyard two weeks ago. C&C always appreciated.
D7000, 500f4 + 1.4, ISO 800, 1/320s @ f/7.1 manual, fill flash @ -0.3, tripod
Taken in my backyard two weeks ago. C&C always appreciated.
D7000, 500f4 + 1.4, ISO 800, 1/320s @ f/7.1 manual, fill flash @ -0.3, tripod
Last edited by Peter Kes; 11-08-2012 at 11:56 AM.
Lovely photo with great perch. Very nice composition and colors. Maybe a more pronounced catch light.
nice looking bird with a beautiful pose!!!
Great pose, perch, and details Bill. Catching these guys sitting still is often a challenge and you did well here.
Hi Bill, I knew this wouldnt dissapoint me when I opened it - lots to look at. Cool leaning forward pose, sharp, and overall well exposed too. I like that your DOF covers the full image, and I reallylike the colours in the BG - compliments the foliage on the perch nicely.
One of your best images IMHO.![]()
Bill:
Very nice indeed. Love the color palette of BG, some cool, some warm, colors in leaves, pose.
To my eye, I would very lightly tone down the lichen and bottom of perch to look less flashed. but a subtle tweak to a very well composed image.
Cheers
Randy
This is splendid, Bill. That background is to die for, and the pose and comp and those colors are exquisite together. Great job on your fill flash too, the belly is nicely lit.
Beautiful shot Bill I like it very much. I would personally back off with the flash a bit, my first impression was great shot, second impression was flash used - maybe it would be less apparent if you lowered the brightness a little bit. The perch and bird are very reflective I would suggest flash at -1.6.
Bill, lots to like here. the perch is great...image design excellent...details, BG, composition. Well done.
I agree with Jonathan about his flash remarks.
Nice pose, perch and I like the fll colour background, Bill.
A nice bird and good flash work. I am not a big fan of the perch, don't get wrong, it has a lot of character and lichen makes it special but is too thick for this little bird. IMO, I would get a smaller one if knowing that a smaller bird is going to use it.
Hi Bill - that is one beautiful composition of the Nuthatch. Love the pose and colours here, the lichen covered perch and sweet BG. You are fortunate with some attractive birds that visit you garden - my avian visitors are generally English black birds and sparrows..!!
I love the design, the colors, the perch, and the pose. It does look just a tad overflashed to me. (But it's far better than any nuthatch images in my files).
Flat out, maybe the best nuthatch photo I have seen.
Beautiful color and nice to get one on a small perch.
Dan Kearl
Very nice shot Bill. I like everything about this one and think it one of your best offerings. Very well rounded scene and techs look great. Very well done.
That perch rocks. Love it's complexities. Perfectly sized for the subject imo.
Love the pinkish/red tones in the background (fall foliage?), and would like to have
seen that color/tone dominate the background. Not that I mind the suggestion of sky...
but that bit of darker bit in the upper right hand corner is a little disruptive. Agree that
the flash is just a touch strong. Regardless, it's a great image of a great bird.
DOF set perfectly too.
Bill Sir:
Every thing has been said about this marvelous creation.
Love the beautiful color in the frame,great perch and nicely posed bird.
Regards,
Satish.
The bit of flash look has been mentioned, but wow the rest of the image is just fantastic!! Pose, perch, colours, details...two thumbs up!
Thank you all for the kind comments. I agree about the flash. A shaft of late afternoon sun had lit up the fall-foliage dogwood branch in the bg, but the light was getting dim on the shaded perch, so I thought I needed some extra boost. I overdid it, and probably -1.7 would have been better, especially since I wasn't that far from the subject. I've been experimenting, but still have a lot to learn about flash. Here's a repost with a reduction of about 15 points of brightness on just the perch. I appreciate the suggestions.
I like the pose, details, sharpness, perch and clean BG. One of your best Bill!
Thanks Jim.
Wonderful image!!!
Just love it! Great pose, wonderful background, I really like the perch, and excellent comp.
The repost looks better.
Very well done.
Very nice image. I like the pose detail and the nice perch. The repost looks even better! These birds are constantly moving and it is not easy to take such a nice photo of them. TFS
I really like this Bill. The perch is sweet and I like the pose too. Great repost