Long Tailed Tit

[Jonathan Ashton]

Taken from my hide seed used for bait
Camera Model Canon EOS 50D
Tripod, Mongoose head
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/800
Av( Aperture Value ) 7.1
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation -2/3
ISO Speed 200
Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Flash Off
AF Mode AI Servo AF
All comments welcome.

[Scott Frye]

Gorgeous background and I like the composition with the bird looking into the picture and I like the perch stretching off to the right. The head looks a little soft to me and I'm thinking that 7.1 F-stop was not enough dof to carry the sharpness.

[Julie Brown]

Jonathan, I love the composition and the BG. Great eye contact and HA. The angle of the perch really complements the direction of the tail.

[Nick Palmieri]

Love the composition, BG and detail in the feathers.

[Jonathan Ashton]

I agree the head does look a bit soft, the original is a little sharper. Here is another, I sharpened the RAW file then applied Smart Sharpen to the resized image with a little further additional sharpening to the head.

[David Fletcher]

Nicely done Jon. Nippy little birds and did well getting one to pose. Lovely image. Perch is interesting, killer bg and good details and HA. :)

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Beautiful image with a wonderful composition lighting,m detail and eye contact. Love the BG and perch and very nice repost Jon. Fine work and many thanks for sharing.

[Lorant Voros]

Hello Jon,

Love the nice pose, HA and the composition in this one. Repost is better and your perch choices are great. Your set ups are getting better and better. Thanks for sharing.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Great picture Jonathan! Repost does look sharper, but I would run NR on the BG to nicely polish it up. Awesome perch and pose.

[Rich Steel]

Nicely done Jonathon. These are not easy birds to photograph as 90% of the time they seem to be looking in the wrong direction. It is also good that you managed to get one in a pose with the tail down which has made it better in terms of composition with the bird off to the right. I like the perch!

Cheers

Rich