Bluetit on Bulrush

[William Dickson]

Canon 7D Mk2
f/4 500mm with 1x4iii
f/7.1
1/1600
ISO 800

Thanks for looking

[Mike Hitchen]

My immediate reaction is that it is too close - I suspect that this has been cropped and if so it needs to be a bit more loose.

[William Dickson]

Hi Mike, I liked the shot and the reason for the crop is a big oof branch in the foreground. I thought the detail showed well on the tight crop.

Will

[John Robinson]

Hi Will. The 7D works then . !!
Nice deail and behaviour jobby. I've seen them do this a lt. nesting material or seeds ?
John

[William Dickson]

Hi John, Thanks for that. Its the seeds they were eating.

Will

[arash_hazeghi]

William, I am not sure about this frame, it doesn't work for me. It's too large in the frame with the tail cut, additionally the IQ isn't great either, The beak, feet and eye look like they have been sharpened a lot and thus show noise. I suspect the RAW came out soft as usual with this body. It's a bummer you could not rectify this issue.

you have some nice files but this one isn't just there IMO.

TFS and looking forward to more

[Mike Hitchen]

Hi Mike, I liked the shot and the reason for the crop is a big oof branch in the foreground. I thought the detail showed well on the tight crop.

Will

Hi Will
My thoughts are pretty much along the lines described by Arash and I should have been more explicit - decent detail but at the expense of noise due to a combination of cropping and sharpening (the foot that is in view gives it away) and the high ISO adds to the mix: the need to crop for the reasons you described means you have bumped into the limitations of the technology.

[Alan Murphy]

I like the intimate look here. A catchlight in the eye would help.

[Karl Egressy]

It was a good idea to salvage the good part of this image, William.
I like the colors and details.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like the behaviour depicted - we see our similar chickadees do this often over here too. I would have preferred the same type of behavioral image but with a full bird included. I do understand you needed to exclude unwanted elements though.