Red-breasted Nuthatch

Gallery: AvianPosted October 30, 2012125 views5 comments

Taken a few days ago in foggy dim lighting and I used ISO 500 which gives me a noisy image, usually. I won't be surprised to have some critique about that and hopefully I haven't overdone the sharpening. I want the critique as you see it and know it helps to create my own standards.

Olympus E-5
50-200mm f 2.8
@ 200mm
1/80 sec
f 6.3
-0.3 ev
no flash
spot metering
ISO 500
manual focus
tripod

Thanks for critique and comments.

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Tim Butler on October 31, 2012 at 5:23 AM

Beautiful image Charlie.

Registered on October 12, 2012, 17 Posts, 155 Comments

Comment posted by Paul Rebmann on October 31, 2012 at 6:32 AM

Nice capture. I like how the bird is positioned with the lighter background 'framing' the subject.

Paul

Registered on July 17, 2012, 31 Posts, 122 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on October 31, 2012 at 9:16 AM

I like the overall comp Charlie. Nice to have the seed in the beak. To me the image is a bit dark. In the larger image the bird seems to be a bit "smooth" and lacking of fine detail.

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on October 31, 2012 at 6:40 PM

Nice comp- and as Ron said the seed is a bonus. It's very difficult to get sharp detail in foggy conditions and I think one does best with less sharpening than more IMO.

Registered on August 12, 2009, 544 Posts, 2414 Comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on November 1, 2012 at 7:56 PM

I like the texture of the bark and nice eye contact from the nuthatch, to me the bird is too centered in the frame and I would crop some from the left and the top. Nice image Charlie

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