Crested Tit at take off

[Davidwilliams]

Sometimes you get lucky, managed this one after several hundred shots.

MK 1V
canon 600mm
iso 400
f 5.6
1/6400 s

Taken in the pine forests of Scotland

[Marina Scarr]

What a lovely image. Love the perch, the BG and the pose on this little bird. The bird appears to need a little more sharpening. If it were mine, I would consider cropping from the right and adding space on the left for it to fly into if you have the space.

[Davidwilliams]

Thanks Marina, that is the shot before cropping so not much room to play with, I have tried this, seem to be loosing some sharpness in the transfer through photobucket

[Marina Scarr]

This is better, but I was thinking of something more like this if you have the canvas on the left. I obviously just added it. I also feel as though your bird's face needs more sharpening. Your underwing looks very sharp and full of details but the face appears to be on a different plane and a little bit softer.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Nice takeoff pose and I like the bg color too. Your repost looks good as does Marina's . I am preferring a little more room left side too. I like your repost crop idea because the original perch seemed a little overwhelming to me.