Long Tailed-tit

[Pops]

One I took a few days before my confinement. There was 9 of them on the feeder at the same time but this chap filled the frame all on his own.

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[ekkl]

Re: Long Tailed-tit

Hi Pops. What lens are you using there?

I have a 75-300 US Canon Lens and when I take pics of the birds at the bird feeder in my garden I have to get really close, often scaring them away and then waiting around for them to come back, eventually!

[Caz]

Re: Long Tailed-tit

Hi Pops - cracking image, as usual! We don't get many of them in our garden.

I'd also be interested to know what lens you're using - you surely weren't sitting out by the shed in the cold....

Caz

[Pops]

Re: Long Tailed-tit

Hi Pops. What lens are you using there?

I have a 75-300 US Canon Lens and when I take pics of the birds at the bird feeder in my garden I have to get really close, often scaring them away and then waiting around for them to come back, eventually!

Hi ekkl,
I have the Canon 400 L which was at 365mm for this shot.
I'm kinda lucky in that I can get pretty close to all of my feeders without to much bother. I have always had a fascination with garden birds and actually got a Robin to take meal worm from my hand one time. It just comes with having the time to study them and sit close.

[Pops]

Re: Long Tailed-tit

Hi Pops - cracking image, as usual! We don't get many of them in our garden.

I'd also be interested to know what lens you're using - you surely weren't sitting out by the shed in the cold....

Caz

Hi Caz,
During the real cold weather I had a tripod set up over the kitchen sink and took shots through the window using the Canon 400mm.
I have a flock of 11 Long tailed-tits visit several times per day and they always go for the fatballs.

[Stephen]

Re: Long Tailed-tit

Pops I feel this shot could benefit from some sharpening. I'm not sure whether the softness is caused by the slowish shutter speed and the fact the bird will rarely stay still, I suppose it could be the point of focus, I'm not sure. However in Photoshop I used Smart sharpen and the Lens Blur option and it helped a great deal

[Pops]

Re: Long Tailed-tit

Pops I feel this shot could benefit from some sharpening. I'm not sure whether the softness is caused by the slowish shutter speed and the fact the bird will rarely stay still, I suppose it could be the point of focus, I'm not sure. However in Photoshop I used Smart sharpen and the Lens Blur option and it helped a great deal

Thanks for the comment Stephen.
I have found that the smaller the bird the more difficult to capture it still and it doesn't help much shooting through glass.
I'm always reluctant to use any of the sharpening methods for fear of making it to obvious especially when the feathers are opened up a bit and standing proud of the body. I do occasionally use the PSP Clarify which applies a mild sort of sharpening.
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