Red-breasted Nuthatch

[Duane Noblick]

From my backyard set-up. I haven't seen one of these in two years so it's nice to have them back for the winter again.

I know the bg is overpowering but for me it's a nice change of pace compared to the green bg this Burning bush offers during the summer.

7D + 500mm f/4L, 1/500 @ f/13, ISO 400, tripod

[Randy Stout]

Duane:

Classic nuthatch pose, like the exposed talon. Well exposed, although the whites might go just a sliver brighter as they look a bit grey.

I might have been tempted to use a larger f/stop, to further throw the background out of focus.

You could play with the saturation of the reds a little bit to see if you could reduce its impact a bit but still keep the overall feeling of fall.

Cheers

Randy

[Duane Noblick]

I'm normally fighting the whites so this is a first for me by increasing them. This Nuthatch seemed to have a dirty cheek and maybe why it seems duller than the brow...I didn't do anything to the whites during my RAW conversion. I also reduced the red saturation by -10.

[James Salywoda]

Nice pose and shot I feel that the reds are a bit overpowering and agree with Randy on playing around with them to possibly reduce them a bit...

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Great pose! I agree with the reds, they ought to be complimentary not dominant. But I like the idea and some minor tweaks should improve this lovely image. :)