Bridled Titmouse

[Jim Poor]

This was made at a man-made water drip set up at Ash Canyon B&B in Hereford, AZ.

I had been chasing these little guys for days and finally got a few decent images. I have some that are technically better, but the bird is clinging to a suet cage or the like, plus I liked the drop of water on the beak here.

Camera Make: NIKON CORPORATION
Camera Model: NIKON D70
Image Date: 2004:12:17 15:22:41
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 600.0mm (35mm equivalent: 900mm)
Exposure Time: 0.0050 s (1/200)
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO equiv: 200
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Spot
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)

[Lana Hays]

Jim
Nice job getting the crest up and the little droplet of water. I think there's too much OOF foreground and not enough Titmouse.

[Jim Poor]

You're probably right. I was thrilled to get any titmouse that wasn't a little black & white blur at the time :D

[Jim Neiger]

Interesting bird. I've never seen one before. The fg distractions pretty much overpower the image.

[Jim Poor]

The BTM was my first real "target bird" I went out for days trying to find one that would sit still for a millisecond. They are really interesting to me and happen to be my two favorite colors. I'll post a full body image this afternoon.