Cold feet

[Andrew George]

I slept late this weekend and all by surprise there was little snow in the morning. I didn't last long so I had to hurry! because it was already melting.

D300, 200-400 VR 4.0
400mm
ISO400
F5.0
1/60

[Jim Neiger]

Hi Andrew,

Very nice image here. I like the pose, perch, bg, snow, and composition. My only suggestion would have been to up the ISO a bit so you could eek out a bit more DOF. The perch seems a bit large for this little bird, but I like it anyway.

[Dennis Lorenz]

Hi Andrew,
nice job getting this blue tit sharp at 1/60. I think the perch could have added a lot to the image if it were in focus.
A good portrait non the less.

[Fabs Forns]

Bird looks very nice. We need to be very careful when adding out of focus elements to the foreground, they tend to be distracting.

Hope the little fellow was not too cold!

[Arthur Morris]

Very nice. I like the composition. If you could have gotten a bit lower so that there was just a strip of white on the bottom the bird would have been placed totally against the soft browns. Wish that we could see the near-foot...

later and love, artie