Great Tit

[Mark Medcalf]

Hello Everyone. I have just become a member and look forward to joining you all in some constructive criticism. Thought I may send you all this shot of a Great Tit to start with.

Canon 40D
Canon 400mm f5.6 USM
Handheld
1/400 sec
f6.3
Partial Metering
ISO 400

Mark.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Welcome to BPN, Mark! Very nice first post. I like the head angle, angle and BG. You could try to lighten the eye a bit and tone down the highlights on the head some more and crop a bit off the top. The dark plumage has a slight magenta cast on my monitor. Keep them coming!

[Phil Ertel]

Another welcome. I also like the background and pose of the bird. Good comments by Axel. In a perfect world seeing more of the feet would be nice. Thanks for sharing.

[Grace Scalzo]

Welcome, nice first image! Colorful background is pretty, looking forward to more of your images.

[Dr.Pranay Rao Juvvadi]

Would have been nice to get the feet, but you take what you get. I like the smooth & colourful BG, and the bird's pose.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Welcome to BPN!
Really nice bird. Love the perch and the BG.
Just an idea of what can be done with this image.

[Harshad Barve]

Big Welcome to BPN
lovely image to start with , repost works better
TFS

[Mark Medcalf]

Thanks guys for your comments. I have learnt much from your feedback. Yes the crop looks better to the eye. How did Juan Carlos lighten the image slightly? Would you not say some detail has been lost?

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Yes, some details is lost. I used the shadow/highlight tool on PS. Again, a lovely bird and image.