Blue Tit

[Rosl Roessner]

Most of the summer guest- birds are now gone in Germany and it is the right time to start photographing at the feeding place...
Little blue Tit, heavily molting at the moment....:). That gives the bird a "Bad hair Day-Look", that I like ;)

Tried to use flash to create a catchlight and to open up the shadows, without giving the image a flash-look. Does it work here?

Mark III Canon 500mm / f 4 with Extension tube
Flash at - 3, with tissue in front to make the flash light softer.

Comments very welcome!
Thank you for stopping by!

[Maxis Gamez]

Hi Rols,

What a lovely pose and amazing BG you have here. Catchlight works very well. Good work on this one!

[Mike Milicia]

Great bg and nice use of fill flash. Nicely done !

Maybe just a fraction more of a head turn.

[Doug Brown]

I like what you did with your fill flash here; very natural looking. Please try to include your full tech specs with your photos Rosl. Thanks for posting!

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Agree, great work with flash,very natural looking!!!
Fantastic bg and colors too!

[Linda Robbins]

Gorgeous background and nice pose of this bird in his "scruffy" stage. Excellent use of fill flash. I would like to see the techs posted.

[Jonathan Michael Ashton]

Lovely shot, well done
Jon