female Bushtit on the Larch

[Terry Olmsted]

These tiny birds are very flighty, so I was lucky to get one to hold still long enough for a shot. Wish she had turned
her head a bit more, but no dice :)

Taken Aug. 14, 2009 Edmonds, Washington Dim light
Canon 40D 400mm 5.6L 1/1000s f5.6 ISO 1600 partial metering neat noise filter hand held

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Is this a large crop? I love the surroundings and would run more NR on the BG and sharpen the head of the bird. I am fine with HA, looks good to me. :)

[Terry Olmsted]

Thanks Akos. yes, it is a fairly large crop - tiny bird and only a 400mm....

[Joe Senzatimore]

Crop seems to have stayed together well. Great soft light and a real fine mood to this image. Might try to tone down the bright spot in the upper right BG.

[Terry Olmsted]

Thanks very much Joe - I appreciate the suggestion! I have attached a modified version - the bright spot
has been darkened a bit and blurred a bit further too.

[Joerg Rockenberger]

The background seems to be very noisy. And the green in the URC is a bit distracting.

Subject is sharp. JR

[Terry Olmsted]

Thanks John. I'll run the background through another NR and also work on subduing the green in the URC, since
you are the second reviewer that has mentioned it.
Thank again for taking the time to comment!

[Harshad Barve]

I am not much worried about tech part here as I am very poor with it :)
But what a little cute bird this is
TFS

[Terry Olmsted]

I'm glad you like her, Harshad. It turns out it is the smallest bird, by weight, in the
North American continent, with the exception of the hummingbird.
Thanks for commenting.