Long tailed tit
Camera Model Name Canon EOS-1D X Canon 500mm f4 L IS
Tv (Shutter Speed) 1/1600
Av (Aperture Value) 8.0
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 1250
Taken from my back garden hide. Still a work in progress, they are always twitching about! As soon as you get one on the right perch they face the wrong way or they face the right way on the wrong part of the perch.
All C&C welcome.
Great looking little bird, with a good perch and nice look-back pose; and nice BG to boot. To my eye, the perch looks sharper than the bird.
Hi Jon, any more above, be nice not to have cropped the leaves off IMHO? Complimentary colours for both subject and BKG. Perhaps f/10, although beak to feet look sharp.
TFS
Steve
Here's another addressing your points Steve but the tail is intersected.Originally Posted by Steve Kaluski
Second one much better IMHO- Composition wise and head angle. I would still take a sliver off the left- or add some right
JR
Bit of a 'bummer' that Jon, if you take it to 848H 'rest in pro' you'll loose the hint of leaf creeping in on the trim, still then leaves enough space for the subject to breath.
BTW - Do you higher out those backdrops, like Keith's, they are 'killers'?
Pretty cool Jon, fantastic detail. I really like the BG colours, they go so well with the bird and perch.
Will
Jon did you choose the bird to blend with the Bg if you did you made an excellent choice,bird in the 2nd post just does look a tad sharper to my eyes,you made a lovely job of this.
Thanks everyone, it's getting there but there is always room for improvement, the simplest answer is to get a different perch of course. I was hoping the vertical would have acted as a barrier or as a perch alone, this would have dictated the bird landing on it or to the left - trouble is the birds just didn't share my logic.
The backgrounds are just the back garden out of focus, I start by deciding where the light will be, I site the perch accordingly, then I decide what is the likely subject and therefore I chose a particular lens eg 10-400 & TC or 500 or 500 &TC. Next I focus on that area and look at the background and move the perch slightly to get the colours I want in the background. Meantime the coffee machine is warming up...
Solve that Jon and you'll be onto a winner.trouble is the birds just didn't share my logic.
Good thinking on the planning front, just keep that SS high as you have done.
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