White Breasted Nuthatch

[Corey Hayes]

Took this shot at a Feeder set up, I barely touched the bird but the background I ended up almost hand painting half the background to remove the branches.

I beginning to get a lot more out of the 7D, after buying it I was heavily disappointed but after using it for the last few months I am pretty happy, though I wont complain if the next ones is better.

7D
500 f4 + 1.4tc
f5.6
1/200
800iso

[pat lillich]

beautiful image Corey, gorgeous perch, background and great eye contact. love the delicate texture of its feathers.

[Henry Domke]

A beautiful shot! The background is perfect.
It seemed a bit dark to me so I brightened it in Photoshop.
On the levels adjustment layer I protected the highlights of the face, throat and neck so that they would not clip.

[John Cooper]

This is a lovely capture of the Nuthatch Corey - excellent feather detail, well exposed for the whites, attractive perch and you have done a reasonable job on the BG though some tell-tale signs evident. Some posterization noted bottom RH corner. Your original post looks best on my monitor.

[Karl Egressy]

Without offending anyone, I must say that I like the original better. Great picture, Corey.
7D is a great camera if the light is good and you can keep it below ISO 800.

[Corey Hayes]

Thanks guys

[Nick Palmieri]

Nice detail in the bird, nice perch and nice job on the BG. Also seeing some posterization on the BG, maybe from jpeg compression. Nice image! TFS

[Corey Hayes]

I think its Jpeg compression I lowered it to 60% to post here, also the spots it showing up are the areas I didn't touch.

[Arthur Morris]

Killer sharp with a nice BKGR. Best to set up your perches against clean backgrounds. Henry's version is too light for moi. But his effort is appreciated.

[Corey Hayes]

Thanks Authur, I had perches out but the birds never do what you want and the one I like the best needs some clean up. I should of pointed out that I a visual effects/ 3d artist so removing a few things does not take me long.

[Raymond Lee]

I also prefer the original image! Killer perch and background! Nice sharp details with good exposure.

[christopher galeski]

Beautiful image Corey,love that BG,nice perch and light,bird is sharp with good detail,well done.

[arash_hazeghi]

I also like the original, repsot is too contrasty. Nice details and BG.

Next level up is to setup a beautiful perch with some decoration as Artie suggested.

[ArabindaDebnath]

Very cool image.Excellent light,bg and details.