Varied Sittella

[Greg Oakley]

These fast-moving little birds resemble (but are not related to) the nuthatches in the northern hemisphere.
They climb like acrobats up and around branches in perpetual motion, gleaning insects.

Victoria, Australia. D800, 300 2.8, 1.7TC, f4.8, 1/500, ISO500. Thanks, Greg.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Just a bit better head angle would have put this over the top...but what a fantastic image. The vertical comp works quite well despite the horizontal posture of the subject. Neat perch and beautiful BG.

[Girish Prahalad]

lovely pose & details on this. Comp, BG & perch are superb.

[Colin Driscoll]

Good one Greg, different colour variant to those around Central Coast NSW

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Superlative!!

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Greg, never seen this species before, and Im fascinated with the curved beak. Good DOF on the little fellow, and posed against a sweet BG.

[Ilija Dukovski]

Excellent, very cool looking bird, I love it.

[Jim Crosswell]

What an interesting looking bird. I like the pose, IQ, exposure and clean BG. Well done Greg!

[jack williamson]

Fabulous image of this bird, it really does look like a nuthatch. Great exposure, sharpness, BG.

Jack

[Satish Ranadive]

Superb image,beautiful colors, very nice diagonal perch and lovely composition.
Love the pose,details and beautiful eye.

Regards,
Satish.

[Shawn Zierman]

That is one neat looking little bird. Love the crazy eyed look to the species. This is also the first time I've seen one so thanks for so such a fine introduction. Nice perch complexities and overall, I really enjoy the composition.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Lovely species, nice pose, Great details, perch & BG. TFS

[David Salem]

Beautiful capture Greg. Love the pose and the smooth BG. Great looking subject and I really like the eye ring and the colors. Well done