Canon 7D Canon 500mm f4 L IS ISO 160 -0.67 1/640 sec f5.
Another shot from the back garden using sunflower seeds as bait. Here the Coal Tit was becoming impatient with a Great Tit who was hogging the feeder. To get poses such as this I leave out one feeder only and cover all the ports bar one, this way the birds have to queue up for their tun at the feeder.
Thanks for the pointer on your feeder technique Jon! I like the raised left foot and the ready-to-launch wings. Exposure is good. Sharpness isn't quite there. The 7D handles ISO 400 well, and the ISO bump would have given you a bit more shutter speed. Thanks for sharing!
Not sure if this one does much for me personally. I would love to see at least a little bit of the bird (preferably head/eye) sharp even with some motion blur. Nice attempt! Your other shots of these guys are cracking mate! :)
The action, perch, and BG all look good...but the motion blur is just too much here. I agree with raising the ISO...my default for birds, even without anticipated action, is 400 because you just never know!