Little and Large

Gallery: AvianPosted February 11, 2011137 views11 comments

This is a photo of a Coal Tit and a Great Tit on a piece of driftwood I found on a local beach, I set it up in front of my hide as a perch.

This was only meant to be a practice shot with my new equipment, I was having trouble with the focussing and was taking shots with varying focus adjustment settings.
This one was at the maximum of +20 which I've since discovered was too much, +10 is the correct setting, so I've probably lost some depth of focus on this one, but I think I've got away with it?

Nikon D3
Nikkor 200-400
1/400th
f8
ISO 400
+0.7 stop exposure compensation
330mm
slight crop top and right
The BG is trees with snow on them and bracken behind, lit by the warm Winter's sunshine.

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on February 11, 2011 at 1:01 PM

Very nice composition, Geoffrey. Great opportunity !
Mauro

Registered on January 21, 2010, 650 Posts, 2500 Comments

Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on February 11, 2011 at 1:21 PM

Welsh birds are very friendly, Geoffrey- you could try with a multi-branched perch to catch other species together- focus seems perfect, BG and details are excellent- well done, Fabio

Registered on December 3, 2010, 90 Posts, 1614 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Dudley on February 11, 2011 at 3:57 PM

You've done well here Geoff. Very nice to see such an effective species comparison. You got nice poses from both birds and I quite like the background.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on February 11, 2011 at 3:58 PM

I agree with Rich, better than mine, too. nicely done, indeed

Registered on January 24, 2011, 576 Posts, 6942 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on February 11, 2011 at 4:01 PM

Great shot. Two different species on the same great perch, both looking the same direction and a very good background. It works very well for me.

Registered on August 23, 2010, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments

Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on February 11, 2011 at 4:06 PM

neat comparison and a nice looking perch you picked out, Geoffrey. bg is really nice too. focus doesn't look like it was perfect, but very nice for while you were experimenting.

Registered on March 21, 2009, 202 Posts, 4187 Comments

Comment posted by Angela McCain on February 11, 2011 at 8:58 PM

Well this turned out nicely for a practice shot. I love that the birds are so similar in coloration and markings, but so different in size.

Registered on April 19, 2009, 367 Posts, 3589 Comments

Comment posted by Michael Lotito on February 11, 2011 at 9:04 PM

Excellent use of prospective in this shot! Love the image!

Registered on June 26, 2009, 181 Posts, 1558 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on February 12, 2011 at 12:04 AM

I'd take it, Geoffrey! I can see some minor loss of focus in the larger version, but not enough to bother me-another round of sharpening might have eliminated even that. Wonderful to get the two species together like that.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Rob Drummond on February 12, 2011 at 2:14 AM

Great comp Geoffrey - lovely comparison of the two birds

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Marc Dubuc on February 12, 2011 at 5:41 PM

I like this shot a lot. Having the 2 bird species in the same frame is a big +!

Registered on January 4, 2011, 59 Posts, 229 Comments