Juvenile Great Tit

Gallery: AvianPosted November 27, 2010101 views11 comments

A juvenile Great Tit taken in the rain from a home-made hide out in my yard.

The sides of the head are a yellowy colour and turn to pure white when they become adults.

Sony A350
Sigma 50-500 EX
1/250th second
f8
ISO 400
230mm
-0.3 stop exposure compensation
Centre-weighted metering
Tripod

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on November 27, 2010 at 7:25 PM

Great portrait and the perch is perfect. Well done.

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on November 27, 2010 at 7:25 PM

Geoffrey,

Love the pose of the bird, those tiny water drops on its plumage, the natural colors and the greens & reds of the branch the Great Tit is perched on. Very nice details, sharpness and comp.

Registered on June 25, 2007, 491 Posts, 12566 Comments

Comment posted by Derrick Lipinski on November 27, 2010 at 8:04 PM

A super capture, Geoffrey. Love the droplets; great perch and BG as well. Overall, a very nice capture.

Registered on October 5, 2007, 58 Posts, 2039 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Balke on November 27, 2010 at 8:05 PM

So many lovely color combinations and so much detail in this shot, Geoffrey. No nits from me. Just a beautiful shot.

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Comment posted by May Haga on November 27, 2010 at 8:09 PM

Beautiful setting for this lovely bird.
May

Registered on February 22, 2007, 714 Posts, 8470 Comments

Comment posted by Phillip Noll on November 27, 2010 at 9:07 PM

Wow! Great composition and detail! Nice background too. Perhaps its just me, or my monitor, but is there a slight greenish/yellow color cast? I can't decide. In the lower right and upper center I see some vertical white streaks. Are these rain drops? Cool shot!

Registered on November 17, 2003, 207 Posts, 1083 Comments

Comment posted by Rob Drummond on November 28, 2010 at 5:52 AM

Beautiful detail and soft light Geoffrey - perch is wonderful

cheers
Rob

Registered on November 8, 2003, 617 Posts, 8267 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on November 28, 2010 at 7:01 AM

I echo Mia's comments here Geoffrey. Love the DOF and the perch branch with fruit.

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Comment posted by Ian Macdermott on November 28, 2010 at 5:27 PM

Another cracker for the HNH Geoff

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on November 29, 2010 at 3:07 PM

A lovely image! So colorful and a nice mood with the rain.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on November 29, 2010 at 3:29 PM

Excellent shot all the way around, water droplets, perch, pose and details all there, way to go.

Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments