White Breasted Nuthatch

[PixelRabbit]

I love these guys, they come down the trees upside down!
They are frequent visitors to the feeders and will take the seed to a nearby tree and tuck it into the bark, then they pound the bark until the seed breaks then get their prize. They are beyond cool

 

[dxqcanada2 2]

Great shot.
Composition is great, I don't even mind the two twigs on the left.

 

[CaptainNapalm]

Really nice photo

 

[PixelRabbit]

Thanks guys, Dxqcanada my first reaction was unsure about them because of where they stop, I almost want more of them because I think the room below him is important in the composition. As they are I think that their saving grace is they lead to his face

 

[dxqcanada2 2]

Yeah, you are correct.
They are pointers that lead the eye ... not that the eye will miss the main subject.

 

[pgriz]

Hmmm... I'm getting the feeling that there's the PixelRabbit era prior to the 100-400, and then there's the new era...

Nice shot, as usual, Judi. However, I find it a little on the dark side. Composition is good, point-of-focus is spot-on, the twigs are fine, and your timing to catch that pose is also good. The only nit I can find is that it appears to need another stop of light (or processing). But that's me.

 

[PixelRabbit]

Thanks Paul

Other than the lens being yummy in general I think the biggest difference might be that I can actually REACH them now lol, I have a lot of these same shots that I took with the 18-200 and never shared them because they just lost too much detail. Thanks for your thoughts on the exposure, it was a bit darker to start so I'll see if it will take being brightened up a little more.

 

[PixelRabbit]

Ok Paul, I brightened it up a smidge and I think you were on the right track, I didn't want to brighten him toooo much since they are most often in the shade of the trees so I wanted to try to get a bit of that feeling into the shot.
I think I lost a bit of the mids in the bird but I think with a bit of TLC I can get them back

 

[bentcountershaft]

I have to admit, I had to click on the thread due to the name of the bird. But I do like the shot and the new edit is nice.

 

[PixelRabbit]

Haha! Whatever makes ya click Thanks!