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Blue Tit For Joe


Blue Tit For Joe
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Copyright: Gert Ellstrom (ellis49) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3387 W: 343 N: 9480] (30807)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-01-07
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 40 D, Canon Ef 400mm /F5.6 L USM, Digital RAW 400, Kenko extention tube 20mm
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/125 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes (Fill) Flash: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Joe's Favourites 3, For Joey [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2009-01-07 4:26
Viewed: 1523
Points: 36
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
First I will thank all for the nice comments and words of my last post.

This is a Blue Tit for our young friend Joe who is eager to learn all about nature photographing.
We have a friendly discussion about lenses in the forum and told him to try a
Canon 400mm/5.6 USM but he doesn’t like the close distance focus at 3.5 meter.
I told him he could use a 20mm extension ring to get a better distance.
I when out to my feeding station this morning to find some co-operative Blue tits.
This is taken with 400mm + a 20mm extension ring at 2 meters, the picture is almost
In full frame, I cropped away 10%,

Click here for a full sized picture

As you can see the DOF will be short in this close distance, maybe F16 would have helped. But the light in the forest is quite dark right now so I have to use a flash.

And about the Blue Tit. I think you know all about them but here is some small fact.

They are very common bird up here in the winter, so common so we almost get tired of them,
But they are quite nice in the blue/Yellow colours.
The Blue Tit, Cyanistes caeruleus, is a 10.5 to 12 cm (4.2 to 4.8 inches,) long passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common resident breeder throughout temperate and subarctic Europe and western Asia in deciduous or mixed woodlands. It is a resident bird, i.e., most birds do not migrate.

Canon 400mm L, tripod, spot metering, 20mm extension Ring/Tube, Speedlight 580 II flash
ISO 400, Raw-format, Converted in Canon DPP
Levels, Contrast, Crop, resized to 800 pixels, Smart Sharpen ,PP in PS CS4.
Well calibrated Eizo monitor
eqshannon, crs, wahclella, red45, MMM, haraprasan, jaycee, CeltickRanger, bobcat08, Alex99 has marked this note useful
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Hello Gert,
This is a great capture of this blue tit. Nice color and sharpness. Very well done.
Pierre

hello Gert
thanks

this ia a very sharp picture with good colours
great shot
greeting lou

Hi Gert,
This is real beauty, great colors and looks so cute. Fine background to go well with the colorful bird. your original image is not bad and looking good with more space for the bird.
nagraj.v

Hej Gert
Nice shot of this little guy with Swedish colours :)
Hälsningar
Ralf

Gott Nytt År till dig och din familj.

Excellent lesson plan Gert. For Joey it helps and for me, a joy to see your , as always, quality postings...Very fine colours rendered well by the glass....
Bob

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  • crs Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 523 W: 0 N: 920] (3543)
  • [2009-01-07 8:58]

Hello Gert,

Blue tits are very nice birds. Even if common they are so full of life that I love taking photos with them. Your one is very well shown in this fine, sharp image.

There are several month I try to decide what teleobjective to buy in order to photograph birds and to fit my budget. It was your discussion with Joe that made me decide to buy a 400 f/5.6 objective. This afternoon, before seeing your photo, I ordered the objective. I want to thank you for the photo as now I am sure I took the right decision.

Best regards,
Cristian

Witaj,
ładnie skomponowane i pokazane zdjęcie. Sikorka modra jest chyba, o tej porze roku, jednym z najczęściej widywanych ptaków.
Podobają mi się naturalne kolory upierzenia oraz dobra głębia ostrości - chociaż sam ptaszek był w ruchu co widać po cieniu skrzydełka, udało ci się go "zamrozić".
TFS and regards
Alina

ert,
The soft, little fuzzy Blue Tit here is detailed exceptionally. Striking colors, well captured...
Steve

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2705 W: 74 N: 8864] (30243)
  • [2009-01-07 9:29]

Hello Gert!

Master work from you. Excellent diagonal composition and delicate colours. Be carefull with taking photos - it's cold as hell outside :-)

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2388 W: 94 N: 5521] (17576)
  • [2009-01-07 10:11]

Hello Gert
Excellent sharp-detailed photo in beautiful and well saturated colours. Nice pose and great composition with a beautiful OOF BG.
Regards,
Peter

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  • MMM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 921 W: 0 N: 1985] (8905)
  • [2009-01-07 10:16]

HI gert
Great capture.Good POV and very nice pose.Your image is very sharp with excellent plumage detail.I also like that simple OOF Bg.
TFS Michel

Hi Gert,
A lovely capture of this beautiful blue tit. Superb details and a lovely composition. Thanks a lot for sharing.

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2493 W: 11 N: 6885] (21912)
  • [2009-01-07 13:17]

Hi Gert,

A beautiful picture of this cute little Blue Tit. The colors and details of his face and plumage are excellent. I love how he is looking down and the way the feathers are blowing. A remarkable background and a simple and superb composition.

Jane

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  • joey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2001 W: 226 N: 6845] (24727)
  • [2009-01-07 14:31]

Hi Gert,
thankyou very much for this :-))))
You have proved to me that photographing small birds is possible with the 400mm f/5.6 :-D
I will get one if I don't like the Sigma 120-300mm when after I buy it.
Excellent detail.
Lovely colours.
Great use of flash.
The large version is very impressive!

Very well done and thankyou so much!

Joe

hello Gert

excellent photo of the Blue Tit shot with fine POV and framing,
beautiful luminosity of the foreground, the bird and tree branch,
excellent sharpness and details, the very small catch-light
render the image more beautiful, TFS

Asbed

Hello Gert,

That's very nice to dedicated this beautiful Blue Tit to our young friend Yoe. He deserves.

A great capture of this blue tit. Very good POV, DOF and BG. Only one little point of critique. I don't find the colours of the feathers this way sparkling. Maybe it's the reason of the wintercolors or maybe myself(-: You say so Gert. It's your photo and your day.

Kind regards and TFS BOB

Anyway a very nice photo.

Buen enfoque y profundidad Gert. Bien captada la delicadeza de las formas, las texturas y los colores del ave que crean mucho realismo al apreciarse perfectamente el volumen del cuerpo. Destacaría también la bonita pose del pajarillo. Un buen trabajo.

Saludos: Josep Ignasi.

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3585 W: 143 N: 5669] (18533)
  • [2009-01-09 11:43]

Hi Gert.
I love your feeding station. It gives you and us so many true fantastic subjects. This one is from them. I also like and thank you for applied and described technique. It is great and very suitable for the situation. Full size shot is fantastic too. Bravo. Superb work and post.
Alexei.

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