Lovely mood and set-up for a pretty little bird. Sharp and well composed. The light is good where it needs to be and the dark background brings him out.
Best of luck with pic opportunities on your vacation!
I like this one but the branches and buds on the left distract just a tad - I think because the budding leaves are a similar color to some parts of the tit. Cool little bird, thanks for sharing!
Very nice image, but to me the banding in the background is a distraction. Was the background brought up from the dark floor?
Was the banding caused by 8-bit processing?
Thanks all!The "banding" is branches out of focus in front of and behind the bird.I don't know if it's better to clean the picture or let them be.I'm often for the natural look.But,of course,I like a little controlled "mess" in the pictures.
Thomas,
I find that hard to understand. I see 7+ levels around the bird's head in classic zones due to integer truncation of a brightness gradient. The zones extend from the bird's head in all upper directions but is especially prominent toward the upper left. The contours follow the brightness gradient. This is also called posterization. I see out-of focus banding toward the lower left that could be due to other twigs/branches in the image, but I have never seen out of focus things create the integer posterization effect along an intensity gradient. If so, that is really strange bokeh and looks unnatural to me.