My Object of desire: the Crested Tit!

[Rosl Roessner]

Thanks again to Alexander Koenders, who made it possible that I have got some pictures of the crested Tit, that I love so much.... :):):)

This image is made with my Mark III, the 500mm lens,
f 6.3 / 1/250 sec / ISO 250

am not sure, if I used a converter and if, wich one, the 1.4 or the 1.7??? I changed so much, but I think, it is made without it....

As always, any comments are really welcome :)

[Jasper Doest]

What a lovely setting for this bird...wonderful. While the position and direction of the perch are a bit dull (straight through the centre) I love the ice and how the branch divides into two. The matching colours, the raised crest and placement of the bird in frame make this one for me.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great capture, I like the pose, perch, BG and the snow adds to it. I might increase the saturation a few points. Something like this maybe?

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

This is superb Rosl. To be honest, for me either version seems to be fine. Perhaps the original post conveys the winter cold a little better? Well placed in the frame. :)

[Tony Whitehead]

Lovely image, Rosl. Gentle curve of the perh and the snow really add to it. I would be tempted to crop a tiny bit off the right to move the birds eye a little further from the midline. Not sure which version is best as I am unfortunately not familiar with this lovely species.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Hi Rosl.
I prefer your version since it gives the sense of been cold. I would run some NR on the BG though.
A great looking fellow indeed.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Axel's repost is much more attractive to my eyes colour-wise...not that yours isn't attractive ;-) I'm with Tony about the nice curve of the perch and snow, and I'm with Peter for a bit more room above. All-in-all a very pretty image...congrats!!

[Stephen Stephen]

Rosl lovely capture against a nice BG. The perch, snow and raised crest make this image for me.

[David Thomasson]

A beautiful capture. I love the composition. Is this cheating? I rotated the canvas about 9 degrees CW and applied a gentle selective color adjustment to the bird to deepen the hues just a tad. (Also made a global levels adjustment.)

[Rosl Roessner]

I am happy, that you seem to like my first post of a crested Tit :-)
I agree with all your comments and advice. And I really like the repost from you, David.
The Canvas Rotation seems to be a very good idea to me and all the other work you did with my image look very very good!

[Sebastian Erras]

Hello Rosl,

yes this is one of my favorite images from your trip to the Netherlands. I think the canvas rotation is a great idea!!
I also like the version with the higher saturation.

Sebastian