Coal Tit with wings

Gallery: AvianPosted September 8, 2010151 views18 comments

Taken from my hide in the Winter when there was a thick covering of snow.
The Sun came out and there was so much light bouncing around that I decided to try for some landing or take-off shots rather than the usual BOAS mugshot

A big thank you to Mark Davies who kindly helped me with the processing on this shot, I had some odd pinky patches in the snowy background that I just couldn't get rid of with my basic Photoshop skills

Thanks mate.

Top, bottom and right are as shot but Mark added some extra space on the left for me.

Sony A350
Sigma 50-500
1/3200th second
f7.1
ISO 400
200mm
+1 stop exposure compensation
Centre-weighted metering
Tripod
Taken as a single shot.

Comments

18 comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on September 8, 2010 at 6:33 PM

Nice action and nice perch.

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Comment posted by Darren Colello on September 8, 2010 at 6:47 PM

Very lovely comp. Great work Geoffrey.

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Comment posted by Pete Bengeyfield on September 8, 2010 at 6:50 PM

Really nice. The upraised wings are something you don't see very often.

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Comment posted by Ákos Lumnitzer on September 8, 2010 at 7:13 PM

NIce and sharp Geoff and good reasoning for trying to get something different.

Well done!

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on September 9, 2010 at 6:52 AM

I like this Geoffrey, the wings add a lot as does the perch. Head and body look sharp from what I can see and the BG works for me. Well done on this one.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on September 9, 2010 at 7:33 AM

Great detail and eye contact Geoffrey - just the right amount of blur in the wing tips.

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on September 9, 2010 at 8:02 AM

Very well composed image with lots of interesting shapes. I really like the bird's tones as well as the action.

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on September 9, 2010 at 8:40 AM

lots to like here, Geoffrey. the composition is simply excellent--it is a very good looking shot overall. pose, sharpness, perch, bg all work together here.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on September 9, 2010 at 10:04 AM

Very cool, Geoffrey. I love the pose.

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Comment posted by Nate Geslin on September 9, 2010 at 12:22 PM

wonderful clarity in this shot! this is, just all around, a really good shot!

Registered on November 25, 2008, 12 Posts, 27 Comments

Comment posted by Axel Hildebrandt on September 9, 2010 at 3:10 PM

Pose and setting make this one for me.

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Comment posted by Geoffrey Baker on September 9, 2010 at 4:09 PM

Thanks everyone, I'm glad you all like it too

Geoff.

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Comment posted by denise ippolito on September 9, 2010 at 6:20 PM

Beautiful action captured and I like the perch.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on September 9, 2010 at 10:04 PM

A delightful high key shot and comp Geoffrey

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on September 10, 2010 at 8:18 AM

Great moment captured here and very interesting perch !
Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by May Haga on September 10, 2010 at 11:43 AM

Wonderful capture Geoggrey.
May

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on September 11, 2010 at 3:02 PM

A beauty Geoffrey