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    A common visitor to UK during spring and summer, this one was flitting from one flower head to bull rush heads in search for insects to feed to it's chicks.
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    Olympus E-M1X
    Focal Length : 420.0mm (300mm & MC14)
    Focal length in 35 mm film : 841.0mm
    Exposure mode : Manual exposure
    ISO Sensitivity : 800
    Exposure compensation : 0.0 EV
    Shutter : 1/1600 sec
    Aperture : F5.6

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    Hi Jon, not sure about the perch going through the head, moving to the right, if possible, might have been better. Also with the low ISO perhaps f/7.1 might have been better just to get more of the body, legs can tail off. Did you work on the head? Personally I might go for less to the LHS, pulling the crop down from the LHC and RoT's getting that eye on the lines might offer an alternative?

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    Steve I have several images of this little guy on similar perches, all were taken though dense foliage so optimising an angle was difficult. I am sure you will prefer subsequent images. I liked this because it conveys to me the surroundings and the food source, I hear you regarding composition but I quite like this despite the bullrush at the back of the head. I tend to shoot at full aperture out of habit, at this angle getting the head and foot in focus at 840mm with this magnification is a bit of a tall order.

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    Love the bird in environment feel of this canvas. Nice and sharp where it needs to be for me and the perch is big part of the story. TFS

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    love the bug Jon, I'm with Steve re perch sticking out just behind the head. but that's nature also wish for a bit smoother BG (without loosing the habitat elements)

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    Nice and sharp. I could see the bird more to the left.

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