Blackcap (m) (Sylvia atricapilla)

[Jonathan Ashton]

I captured this hand held image on yesterday's early morning walk.
Olympus E-M1X
Focal length in 35 mm film : 1202.0mm
Exposure mode : Manual exposure
ISO Sensitivity : 1600
Exposure compensation : +0.3 EV
Shutter : 1/1600 sec
Aperture : F8

[David Roach]

Fantastic pose and love the framing with branches. TFS

[Paul Burdett]

I like this one very much. The flora frames the bird nicely. Lovely BG. My only nit pic are the shadows on the bird.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Jon .. a neat image and cool bird in calling pose !!
I also like the framing with the thorny twigs .
Color and and tones are looking really nice and the sharpening is again well done , IMHO .
Personally really like the " sharpening effect" in your most recent frames . Well done !!!

The shadows on the bird are a bit unfortunate or not ideal .... but not much you can do

Keep them coming

TFS Andreas

[John Mack]

Nice how the branches frame the bird. I do like the pose and the setting.

[Gerald Kelberg]

Nice image, Jon! I like the framing with the rose branches and the exposure seems to be spot on.
Mr and Mrs Blackcap visited my garden to clean out the berries on the ivy, but I didn't manage a shot. Lovely little birds and a wonderful song. Hopefully they will nest locally and return.