Marsh Tit

[MiroslavMaric]

5D3, 600ISII, tripod, natural light, f/6.3 1/640 ISO640.
PP: removed a leaf on the right side, NR of BG, mid tones adjustment.
Full size of photo: 4125 x 2693 pixels.
Setup: the bird was attracted with feeder (sunflower seeds) placed below European spindle (euonymus europaeus). This plant is natural on Velebit mountain.
Location: Croatia, Velebit mountain, October 2014.



Thanks for viewing and C&C are welcome!

Cheers,
Miro

[Ashley Cohen]

Fantastic image. Very well framed, sharp capture. I do have one niggle and thats the red (well magenta) cast that the image has. it's more obvious in the birds white feathers and chest feathers. I've seen marsh tit's before and I know the colour is off a bit.

[MiroslavMaric]

I know the colour is off a bit.

Hi Ashley,

You are 100% right and thank you for valuable note. To be honest I don't know where I made a mistake in workflow. In PP I did a new version:



Hope this version looks more natural.

Cheers,
Miro

[Ashley Cohen]

A great improvement much more natural.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Miro just saw the original and was about to say exactly the same as Ashley!
The repost is beautiful, excellent depth of field, good colours with details clearly visible in both dark and light colours. I bet you hoped he would land in that space and then I bet you hoped he would keep his tail this side of the perch!

[MiroslavMaric]

I bet you hoped he would land in that space and then I bet you hoped he would keep his tail this side of the perch!

For this shot I got the idea when I saw European spindle bush. Then I installed the feeder and wait 2 days to attract more birds. I made approximately 30 acceptable shots of Great Tits and Marsh Tits in about 2 hours. When I saw this photo on my display I was quite happy and it was the end of the photo session .

Cheers,
Miro

[Joseph Przybyla]

Nice one Miroslav, beautiful colors and detail. Thank you for sharing.

[Marina Scarr]

What a pleasing image!!! The cast was the only question I had and the RP is an improvement on an already artistic and colorful capture. The little one sure gave you a great pose!

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Miro, well framed on the perch, and what a great angled pose you managed. The bird is nice and sharp, and well done on removing the cast. In a perfect world, I would have liked the foliage in the ULC to have fallen in the DOF, but thats a minor issue.

[Bill Dix]

Lovely setup, great pose, nice detail. Repost addressed my only nit.

[William Dickson]

Very lovely image Miro. The flowers and the BG compliment the image well

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Miro, a very sweet & vibrant image, with good detail, like the HA.

Based on the RP I might still pull back the Blue which is creeping in on the face plumage & legs, likewise I would suggest the same with the Magenta. In doing so you will find you will have more detail (albeit subtle) coming through in the flower/buds, just my take.

TFS
Steve

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice Miro, one suggestion for improvement is that try to "polish" the leaves a bit or get rid of the old ones when setting up your perch.

TFS

[Raybel Robles]

Superb image. The second post without the color cast is perfect


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[Daniel Cadieux]

Beautiful image taken on a very appealing setup. The pose is perfect with that head angle. Repost looks better, but in both I would use the spot removal or patch tool on the tiny white fleck above the eye. Very nicely done.

[MiroslavMaric]

Thanks everyone! I'm glad you like it. Steve, Arash and Daniel, thanks for more suggestions for improvement.

Cheers,
Miro

[keith mitchell]

Excellent sharp and detailed image,great piece of work.

Keith.

[mohammad reza shahab]

Excellent perch,perfect pose,colors and detail.

[Karl Egressy]

Beautiful image, excellent setup. the repost looks better.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

This is a superb capture! Lovely bird with a fantastic pose, love the perch and the nice light. TFS

[Satish Ranadive]

Spectacular image. Very nice pose with beautiful colors and fine details. Superb flowering perch and great composition.
Re post is excellent.

Regards.
Satish.

[Jim Neiger]

Beautiful image! I like everything about it.