Black-throated Tit

[Mital Patel]

Black-throated Tit (Aegithalos concinnus)
Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India

Canon 40D, Canon 100-400
Oct 10, 2010, 7:07am
1/640sec f/7.1 ISO 400, 360mm

This shy skulker was taken early in morning. very shy and fast bird dont sit for a sec and i got really good time to shoot in such open. two mornings i tried but unluckily i found no good perch so this is i think a good habitat shot i have at last to have in kitty.

[Scott Frye]

Gratz on getting this bouncy little bird and the bird looks good. The oof flowers at the bottom just does not work for me. If it were mine I would try a vertical crop -- it would still show off the bird and environment but eliminate the distracting oof flowers in the foreground.

[Jeff Dyck]

The bird looks good but I find the image to be disorienting - the combination of the bird's body position and the directional lighting make it feel like the whole thing should rotated heavily counter-clockwise.

[Morkel Erasmus]

many will say the image is cluttered but I really like this Mital...nice pose and sharp with the surrounding flowers adding a sense of place here, like the space you gave it all round

[Bill Dix]

Beautiful little bird; nice pose and setting. I'm with those who feel the surroundings are a bit distracting, especially the oof flower, but that's what you were dealt. Like you say, keep this until a better opportunity comes along.

[Arthur Morris]

It's busy but I am with Morkel; I like it. Such a nice alert pose. Taking 1/3 off the bottom from the frame-edge to the tail tip strengthens it immeasurably by eliminating the o-o-f flowers in front of the perch....