Long Tailed Tit close up

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I have been trying to get some close up shots of these today.Does this work? If I had included the tail then it wouldnt have had the same impact I feel.




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Charlie, I'm in awe...it was the colors that brought me in.!!...unusual birdie position ( unusual, in the sense that we don't see many pictures showing this). Wonderful detailing on the foot. I'm not that kowledgeable of a photographer but I don't understand why, with a F8.0, you focus would drop off at the tail area. Having all the tail in the image would have been better....still a treat to view.

What a super capture of this lovely little Tit. (They are quite rare down here, at least I haven't seen them for years).

Wow Charlie! great close up of one of the most prettiest of the smallest birds, the details great and i can see where Fay is coming from on the aperature setting, but i agree with your comment re the tail being enclosed as this birds greatest features are its stout, rounded quite fluffy heads.

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Sorry Charlie..I had missed reading your intro..and you are right.

what a excellent close up of the bird .. excellent detail .. in the feathers . and such a pretty little thing.... nice catchlight in the eye. Thanks for sharing ..
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Thanks all for your comments. I am on the right track then. Funnily enough I did not put my hide in place with a view to taking these wee birds. Woodcock are the quarry!I got so fed up with someone banging away that you "really need a 500f4 +2xconvertor to get decent shots of small birds" I just had to have a go to see how I got on.One problem when you are this close (between 5& 6feet) is shutter noise. They seem to get used to it after a while. Anyway enough of me ranting on. Thanks again folks.

Very nice close up, I was trying the other day to get one of this type of bird but it was inside of a cage-feeder.I think I would have taken the shot a bit further away so that the long tail was shown and then transformed the image so that it was showing all closer.

Trevor

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Pin sharp where it matters, good detail and colour, nice pose from the bird with a good angle of view. My personal preference would be to have the tail in the shot and complete the bird, even with the drop off in focus.

I did post a whole bird too.