Just for Monday, what the heck

[marlunn]

its a bird on a stick, a Blue Tit - not rare and not terribly shy but for a dour Monday its colourful

[Shadowman]

Nicely captured.

[Geoff F]

I find blue tits to be one of the more difficult birds to photography well. Plenty of fine feather detail here, and the potentially difficult background has been nicely constrained.

[marlunn]

cheers john,

Thanks Geoff, they flit about a bit - but this one was okay to sit still for a few moments - pulled f stop back to F6.3 at 1/640th sec at ISO 320 so was able to get the focus on the eye and not much behind as it was a bit messy

[deetheturk]

Lovely capture Mark, well done mate

[marlunn]

Cheers David, appreciated

[Barbara Ponder]

He is beautiful as is the shot!

[IzzieK]

I like it that you captured the feathers in detail...does this yellow feather a sign of him being just a chick? Just curious...love your shot...

[DonnaK]

I love the colors on this bird and only wish that we had them here. The feather details are excellent!!!!

[marlunn]

Thanks Barbara, appreciated.

Thanks Izzie, that is an adult - they are that lovely colour all year round.

Donna, thank you.

[JBW]

I love Monday because it is a full 7 days till it returns. I also love your shot

[marlunn]

Thanks Brian

[Kaye Leggett]

Great capture

[marlunn]

Cheers Kaye

[JohnRostron]

I get blue tits, great tits and the occasional long-tailed tit on my feeder, but they never stay for more than a half a second at a time! Good for you in getting this.

John