Long-tailed tit

[Alexander Koenders]

This bird has such a long taile that it isn't easy to find the right composition. I hope that this one wil work fore you;)
It is olso the first time on this site that you'lle see a photograph taken without the 2.0 converter. Hopefuly it isn't to sharp?

Olympus E3, Zuiko ED300 F2.8, 300m focuslength, 1/500sec, F5.6, ISO400 -0.3 stop

[Marina Scarr]

This picture is stunning. The feather detail is over the top, as is the BG and the perch. The only thing I would do is take out the white speck on the bird's beak. This is a winner for sure.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Overall love it too. Wish for a better head turn, and too bad the brownish BG doesn't extend to the bottom The cones seem to look oversharpened.

[Jonathan Michael Ashton]

Beautiful image - I like it very much, composition and exposure is excellent, the cones do look sharper than the bird - I must admit it didn't occur to me until Daniel pointed it out.

Jon

[Rene Quenneville]

I agree woth previous comments. I would also try to darken the bottom left corner in orser to accentuate the emphasis on the bird.

[Alexander Koenders]

Overall love it too. Wish for a better head turn, and too bad the brownish BG doesn't extend to the bottom The cones seem to look oversharpened.

Daniel, this happens all the time when I don't use the converter. It seems that I have to blur the picture after resizing it to 800X600 pixels and 150KB instead of sharping it. This is what a ZuikoED300 lens produces……. Therefore I noted that fact (hopefully it isn’t to sharp) below the picture:o

Alexander

[Daniel Cadieux]

Hi Alexander, yes I had noticed that note of yours...but I still think those cones look oversharpened :-)

**bad pun alert** If we use "unsharp mask" to sharpen, what do we unsharpen with?

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Wonderful capture Alexander. Marina did mentione the white speck, but to be honest I was so overwhelmed by the beauty in this photo that I would have missed that totally. :) Congrats!

[Sabyasachi Patra]

**bad pun alert** If we use "unsharp mask" to sharpen, what do we unsharpen with?

Ha Ha !

I don't think a converter can make the image sharper. You may please check your sharpening procedure. The sharpening has to be different for coarse and finer objects ie. you need to change the radius.

I like your image.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi