Great Tit

[Jonathan Ashton]

Canon 50D EF500 f4 L IS ISO 320 -1/3 1/400 sec f4 taken from a hide, seed used as bait.
This Great Tit was rather nervous, I think a sparrowhawk had been patrolling the area.

I have done a little cloning and patching to tidy up a few sharp twigs, one of which bisected the tail. Although non of the image was over exposed I felt the white cheek patch was a little bright so I did two layers and using a mask I left a darker white area which I think blends in a little better.
(I couldn't figure out how to do the reduction in light that Artie did on the recent penguin image).

All comments welcome - don't spare my feelings I want to improve!!:)

[Joe Senzatimore]

Beautiful singing pose. I think the head/beak is a bit soft. Perhaps some selective sharpening might help. If you chose that perch , it was a good find.

[Gloria Hopkins]

How sweet it is ...

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

A very fine image. Love the way this tit is looking up. Killer BG and great exposure. Those lichens on perch match the bird´s colors very well.

[Arthur Morris]

Beautiful signing pose. The white cheek looks too gray from here. I wish that the head were turned away from us just a bit more. The face looks sharp enough but a bit of selective sharpening would surely help. All in all, well done.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

beautiful singing pose and stunning bg!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Cool singing/calling pose, very nice perch, sharpness and BG, too. I might have raised the ISO and stopped down a bit more.

[Stu Bowie]

I like how the pose follows the curved perch, and I like the colours. Killer BG.

[Gal Shon]

Beautiful BG and Perch. I like the pose as well.
I would leave less room on the right and add some to the left.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Excellent pose and for me it appears sharp enough as I see it. Love that lichen-covered perch very much. :)