Crested Tit.

[keith mitchell]

Nikon D300
Nikon 500ml F4
1/160@f7.1
iso 500.


Thanks for taking a look and your comments on my Grouse post.

[gail bisson]

WOW Keith!
Absolutely beautiful.
Love the pretty subject and the light and the great BG.
My only suggestion would be to crop out or clone out the bits of vegetation peeking through on the RHS.
Did you do some NR on the perch?The LHS of the perch looks like it may have had some NR done to it. Not a big deal but if you can sharpen the lichen up a bit on the LHS it would improve the image.
Well done on a fine image,
Gail

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Keith, gorgeous.

The BKG is cracking, separates the subject nicely, good detail and love that eye. The raised crest works well and being almost side on you get the best view. Agree with Gail about the foliage on the RHS, but I think it's the DoF tailing off rather than NR on the left? I wonder if it would benefit with more space below than above, feels like it's slipping out of frame. You know what I would say about SS, so I guess this was before the D4.

TFS
Steve

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Beautiful capture, Keith. Great detail and super BG. Nice position, head turn and clear distinctive markings.



Geoffrey

[mohammad reza shahab]

great pose,perch and BG.good detail.

[dankearl]

Everything is pretty much perfect.
Very nice work.......

[christopher galeski]

loverly image Keith,nice BG and perch,like the pose with raised crest,another vote forremovel of foliage peeking through on right side.TFS.

[keith mitchell]

Thanks Gail, have removed vegetation from RHS,did apply some NR to b/g and may have got a bit lazy re the selection.
Steve this was taken with a D300 a camera that I liked a lot, think maybe the help I have had from you re processing might have something to do with it, thanks a lot.

Thanks Geoffry .
Thanks Mohammed.
Thanks for your kind words Dankearl.
Cheers Chris .

Keith

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Keith, you are very kind, but you did ALL the hard work in getting the shot & the PP stage, all I have done in the past is pointed you 'hopefully' in the right direction, but great to see what you have picked/learnt you are now putting into practice, keep it up, as I know it can be frustrating at times, but your perseverance is paying off now and I bet you are doing things now without having to think.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Beautiful subject photographed on a great perch against a perfect BG! The lichen removal at right edge makes for a cleaner finish for the image.

[keith mitchell]

Cheers Steve and Daniel.

[Raybel Robles]

A superb image, with a very sharp subject and IQ. The repost is better!

[MiroslavMaric]

Great color tone. Beautiful bird and perch. Like the eye contact. Agree with above comments and like the repost more. TFS.

Cheers,
Miro

[David Salem]

Wow Keith this is one of the best images I have seen you post!! Not a thing I would change from the RP. Great pose with the raised crest, killer perch and a great looking smooth BG. Print!!

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Keith! I like the pose, raised crest, sharpness, perch and sweet BG. Repost is an improvement. One of your best images.

[keith mitchell]

Thanks Raybel, Miroslav,David and Jim very much appreciated.

Keith.

[Dumay de Boulle]

OOH!!! This is lovely, nice image design, great perch and superb detail and BG...Very nice Keith!

[keith mitchell]

Thanks for your kind words Dumay.

[subramanya_ck]

What an image... everything is just perfect here