White-breasted Nuthatch

[Jim Crosswell]

This was taken at a local nature center yesterday. I like the upside down pose. All C&Cs are welcome and appreciated.

Canon 1D Mark IV
500L f4
ISO 800
f/8
1/400s
Tripod
Fill Flash

[Nick Palmieri]

Great perch and nice BG. Nice detail on his body...interesting upside down pose, but the few times I have seen these guys they are always in a seemingly awkward position.

[dankearl]

Hilarious pose!
The nuthatch is very sharp and nicely exposed.
Cool comp!

[Daniel Cadieux]

These guys cling any which way they can! Great techs, colors, comp. Perfect use of fill flash. I have to admit I have a hard time getting used to the upside down orientation though!

[David Salem]

What a crack up. Had my first time seeing and shooting these great little birds a few days ago. They have some grip. Techs look great and nice and sharp. Well captured.

[Satish Ranadive]

Jim:
Absolutely superb image.Again and again I have feeling to rotate it 180 degree!!! funny.
Love the nice upside down pose,beautiful composition,rest as usual superb.

Regards,
Satish.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Jim, well done on capturing this pose, not something we will see all the time. Excellent detail and sharpness on the nuthatch, and against a smooth BG.

[Shawn Zierman]

The perspective is awesome...disorienting, but awesome.
I'm trying to get my head around the size of the perch and the bird being upside down...did
you set the perch up? Regardless, it's cool, and nice flash work too.

[Jim Crosswell]

The perspective is awesome...disorienting, but awesome.
I'm trying to get my head around the size of the perch and the bird being upside down...did
you set the perch up? Regardless, it's cool, and nice flash work too.

Thanks Shawn. I had a setup in the area but this piece of wood was not part of it. The Nuthatch choose to walk around a fence that had two horizontal pieces of wood. When he was upside down on the top piece I made the image.

Thanks everyone for your comments.

[Shawn Zierman]

A fence, that's it, milled wood probably, It makes perfect sense now. Thanks Jim! I've been wracking my little brain, but now I don't have to,
the fence is the sense I could not find.