Juniper Titmouse

[Laura Hughes]

These birds did pose on real juniper but gave me the most animated poses on oak. Taken last week in central AZ, bg is juniper and oak shrubs.

40D...500mm w/ 1.4tc...f8...1/800...iso 400

[Ed Cordes]

I like the tilted down pose with the open beak. The BG is a nice complimentary color and nice and smooth. Perhaps toning down the light area under its tail would give better impact?

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great pose, details and setting. I'd love to see this species sometime.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Great pose and BG, light is great as it is sharpnes and exposure, maybe more saturation would help to bring evrything up a bit. Congratulations.

[James Salywoda]

A real beautiful shot Laura I love the open bill and excellent details. Nice Work!

[John Chardine]

This is really super. Can't see a single thing that could be improved except maybe a very slight cropping off the bottom to remove the two small leaf parts.

I'm taken by how much this bird looks like a miniature jay! Makes sense when you consider that the titmice (family Paridae) are considered to be most closely related to the crows which of course includes jays.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Very nice pose and perch. I only wish the the OOF blotches in the BG beneath the bird were not there. Good point by John about the jay resemblance :-)

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Oh Laura I love this image and the awesome alert pose you captured here. Great composition and detail and the open beak is a wonderful bonus. Great work and many thanks for sharing.