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    A Chinese penduline tit makes a quick flight to a new reed in a small reedbed near the East China Sea. I invested a few hours yesterday photographing these small reedbed specialists. This shot may be busy, but what it lacks in simplicity it makes up for in accuracy--this is a faithful depiction of a penduline tit in her world. Remiz consobrinus rarely leaves the thick reeds, it moves fast and constantly, and it is not very confiding, making photography a challenge. This bird, a female, may have wintered in the region but needs to fly north, probably to Manchuria or the Russian Far East, to breed. I used my 1.4x teleconverter.

    Device: Nikon D3S
    Lens: VR 600mm F/4G
    Focal Length: 850mm
    Aperture: F/8
    Shutter Speed: 1/6400
    Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
    Exposure Comp.: 0
    ISO Sensitivity: ISO 2500
    Subject Distance: 11.9 m
    Photoshoppery: I retained between a quarter to a third of the original canvas. Using content-aware fill, I cloned out a few ghostly strips of vegetation far right and a faint reed above the head of the bird.

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    Hi Craig, nice sharp image of this small bird in it's environment and glad to see you are using the 1.4 converter. To be honest, I find the bird a bit to small in the frame. The reed behind the head is also distracting TFS

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    Extremely difficult to capture - I am sure. I think it records the bird very well in it's environment. You could, I suppose, clone and patch even more but then you would of course lose the environment - nice shot I like it.

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    Very nice BIF shot with habitat! Great sharpness, detail, and like how the habitat color compliments the tit's color. Agree the the reed behind head is a bit distracting, but nice capture!

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    Vivaldo, hi, thank you for showing me the excellent results achievable with the 600 mm lens plus 1.4x teleconverter. I had you in mind yesterday as I worked.

    Jonathan: Thanks for appreciating the slipperiness of the Chinese penduline tit. Regarding cloning, I tried to balance aesthetics with misrepresenting the environment in which the bird lives.

    Thank you also, Brendan!

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    You didn't overdo the cloning, like you say it's good to leave some clutter in sometimes.

    I'm impressed you can capture such an active species with a big 600mm lens.

    I would have cropped a bit tighter perhaps but that's just me..........

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    I think it is great, it has a nice environmental look. The background does not seem busy to me, simple lines, not too many, enough open space. The color match of the bird and reeds is a big plus. The wing spread is great too.

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