Nuthatch

[marlunn]

A shot from today, my Sigma 150mm macro lens does duty as a fixed focal of 225mm on my c sensor

The Nuthatch are one of my favorite little birds.

Nikon D7100, F7, 1/125th sec, iso 640 - cropped to about half the frame. It was a funny day for light and shade and fast changing between them so had to play a bit. I think the noise is okay at this iso



same guy, yep thats the right way up - they dont pay much attention to which way up they are a lot of the time

[Shadowman]

Nice capture.

[marlunn]

cheers John

[Geoff F]

Yes good shots of a tricky subject.

Another one which, so far, I have failed to photograph.

[marlunn]

Thanks Geoff, took me a while to find them - its only now that they have a brood that they are more busy and less flighty

[Benjy]

Well captured Mark,put some nuts down and they will keep returning,they seem to stay in same area.I will post one I saw a few days ago if you don,t mind.....

[DanK]

good captures. The first is the better, IMHO, because of the undistracting background. I think it would be better if you cropped a bunch off the top.

[NorthernFocus]

The first shot is really nice. Excellent detail and a relatively clean, contrasting BG. The second is an interesting behavioral shot. Really a cute little bird. Well done.

[marlunn]

Bernard, thanks, go for it, happy to see yours

Dan K, cheers, yep the background is messy in 2nd - it was more a 'in its environement' shot, a record rather than a polished image.

Dan, thanks, yep was wanting a shot of a Nuthatch being a Nuthatch as it were

[Benjy]

Cheers Mark,he would only take the black seeds,I was standing 2 metres away in full view ,he kept coming back every few minutes,well done again.....

[John 2]

Both nice captures Mark. First one for preference if I have one but I think a tighter crop might be worth while. Some off the top and the LHS.

[marlunn]

Bernard, Yep - same here if its seed - the black sunflower seeds are the prefered choice

Thanks John, not sure about a further crop - its that old 'somewhere to fly to' cliche

[John 2]

........................................ Thanks John, not sure about a further crop - its that old 'somewhere to fly to' cliche

Not really a cliché, just sound advice. However, I would say it applies more to where the bird (or whatever), is already in motion. If it's static, I'm not so sure.

[marlunn]

so more like this John,

[NorthernFocus]

Mobetta

[IzzieK]

I have quite a bit of them in my garden. Maybe one day I can try to photograph them. Both of your shots here are good. The last edit is better, the behavioral shot is excellent to my eyes.

[marlunn]

Thank you Izzie, much appreciated

[John 2]

so more like this John,

Yes that hits the nail on the head for me Mark. Complete emphasis on the a wonderful bird portrait and the distracting BG highlights eliminated.