White - Breasted Nuthatch

[Carmelo Cannova]

Found this Nuthatch while looking for Pileated WP just as a ray of sun peaked through the forest canopy.
D300 , AF-S 300mmm 2.8 + TC 1.4E .
F 5.6 , iso 400 , 1/640 , -0.7ev.
C&C always welcome.

Carmelo

[dankearl]

Almost my favorite bird, the perfect pose, it seems a bit soft.

[arash_hazeghi]

nice pose and the prey item adds more, agree with a tad more sharpening.

[christopher galeski]

nice image,good pose,nice BG,food in the beak adds,nice one.

[Satish Ranadive]

Sweet image with nice composition.I like the pose of the bird.

[Peter Dexter]

Very nice image with bird in classic pose. Amazing how they decend the trunk holding on with that rear spur. I like the prey in it's beak too.

[Grace Scalzo]

Classic nuthatch pose. Natural prey and clean background make this one extra nice. I could see a bit more sharpening, but not much.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the pose, prey and composition. I would sharpen the image some more too. Well done Carmelo!

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful portrait, great pose and colours.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I love the insect prey, not often we see that in images of nuthatches. The face looks sharp to me. I'd prefer 1/3 less tree, and 1/3 more space in front of the subject...very subjective though.

[Robert Holguin]

Very nice shot. I really the pose, great background, and great timing on getting it with its meal.
Well done.