Tree Creeper on Silver Birch

[William Dickson]

Canon 5D Mk3
f/4 500mm
f/4
1/1000
ISO 4000

Another from my Cairngorm trip.

Thanks for having a look

[Marina Scarr]

What a great looking bird and your tree/perch is pretty nice. Nice details in your bird. I only wish the bird were facing just a tad more toward the viewer.

[Phill Luckhurst]

I love tree creepers, such an interesting little bird. looks great on the birch.

[Mike Poole]

Nice work William.

Whilst I agree with what Marina said about the head angle, having tried and failed numerous times with these little fellas and watching the way they climb, this is a good capture. Definitely not an easy bird to shoot

[Bill McDonald]

He's so like our Brown creepers here!! Nice shot!

[gail bisson]

What a pretty perch. Agree abit of a head turn our way would have been pretty special but still a very nice image,
Gail

[WillieHall]

nice BG setting off the bird and the Birch does the same. We have this bird in the states also and it is a challenge to get good images....best I have seen is yours! The foot to body size ratio is amazing on these and you captured it well.

[keith mitchell]

Hi William wish these birds would behave better and keep there heads in the right position, great shot of this bird on the moss covered Birch ,very well done.
Keith.

[Ian Wilson]

Hi William, nice work, you may be interested to know that there are two species in my area here in Australia. Regards, Ian

[Jonathan Ashton]

Nice shot William I know just how tricky these little chaps can be. Exposure colours sharpness etc very good. Very small criticism head angle and tip of tail otherwise first class.

[David Cowling]

Great capture. Every time I approach one of these they move round to the other side of the trunk. It's usually pretty dark in the areas they inhabit so you have done a good job with the exposure and shutter speed. Just a pity that the head is not turned slightly towards you.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Yep, a tough one to photograph for sure!! We were lucky last year that a creeper was frequenting a winter feeding station and eating the scraps of suet fallen on the ground. I love the perch and BG. Yes, a bit better head angle would have been great but one can be forgiven with this stubborn species to photograph. If mine I'd likely perform a bit of eye work on the pupil, and perhaps create a version with a bit more space top and right (10-15% more)

[arash_hazeghi]

I agree with comments above, a better HA would have made a big difference here. it looks good otherwise

TFS

[John Walker]

Love it, head angle is typical of the bird.

[Phill Luckhurst]

I agree with comments above, a better HA would have made a big difference here. it looks good otherwise

TFS

I shot one of these in the summer, also on a birch but as the bird was looking directly at me it made him look like a Gremlin. Somewhere in between works well.

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi William, great to see you out & about in a different location, was there snow there? These guys are small & fast, so well done. Can only echo Dan's feedback, good to see you pushing that ISO.

TFS
Steve

[William Dickson]

Thanks Steve, hardly any snow at all even on the mountains there was only a sprinkling. It was perfect day for a walk to Ben Macdui and look for that Snowy Owl that was hanging about there. This weekend is a differnt story. We had a fierce storm 2 nites ago, Lots of damage

Take care

William

[Steve Kaluski]

Good luck if you get to see a Snowy, they are great birds. Yes quite a ferocious storm that blew through 70mph+ for us, an ideal time to stay in a try to loose this dam cold.

All the best for 2015.

[MiroslavMaric]

Tricky bird! Like this shot. Good light and details. TFS

Cheers,
Miro

[William Dickson]

Thanks for the comments guys Much appreciated