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Great Tit
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Copyright: Paul van Slooten (pvs) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1133 W: 259 N: 2398] (10775)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-02-18
Categories: Birds
Camera: Sony Alfa dSLR A700, Sony 300mm F2.8 G, Digital RAW 400
Exposure: f/4, 1/125 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-02-18 6:22
Viewed: 498
Points: 36
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Hi all,

Made this afternoon in the local forest,temperature is fine but a bit overcasted sky,today I missed my chance to photograph the black woodpecker,he landed in a tree about 10 meters from my potrtable hide,unfortunatly branches were in the way and I waited and hoped for a better view,but this was not meant to be,anyway I hope you will like this one too,thanks for watching,

The Great Tit, Parus major, is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common species throughout Europe and Asia in any sort of woodland. It is resident, and most Great Tits do not migrate.

Great Tits are easy to recognize, large in size at 14 cm, with a broad black line (broader in the male) down its otherwise yellow front. The neck and head are black with white cheeks and ear coverts. Upper parts are olive. It has a white wingbar and outer tail feathers. In young birds the black is replaced by brown, and the white by yellow.

Great Tits come in many races, but they fall into three groups. Great Tits in temperate Europe and Asia are essentially green above and yellow below. Great Tits in China, Korea, Japan and southeastern Russia are green above and white or yellow-tinged white below, and birds in India and south-east Asia are grey above and whitish below.

It is, like other tits, a vocal bird, and has a large variety of calls, of which the most familiar is a "teacher, teacher", also likened to a squeaky wheelbarrow wheel. In the 1st Movement of Bruckner's 4th Symphony several Great Tit songs are strung together in a very realistic manner. Interestingly, Great Tits from the two south Asian groups of races do not recognize the calls of the temperate Great Tits, and they may be a separate species.

Any hole will do for a nest, and it will readily take to nest boxes. The number in the clutch is often very large, but seven or eight white eggs, spotted red, are normal, with bigger clutches being laid by two or even more hens. The bird is a close sitter, hissing when disturbed.

Great Tits are primarily insectivores. They prefer protein rich caterpillars during breeding season to feed their young. A study published in 2007 found that Great Tits helped to reduce caterpillar damage in apple orchards by 50%.[1] In England, Great Tits learned to break open the foil caps sealing bottles of milk that had been delivered to homes to get at the cream floating on top.

This is a common and popular European garden bird, due to its acrobatic performances when feeding on nuts or seed. It will join winter tit flocks with other species.
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  • viv Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 307 W: 3 N: 613] (3036)
  • [2008-02-18 6:56]

Hallo Paul,
Jammer dat je de zwarte specht niet te pakken kon nemen, maar de tit mag er ook zijn.
Mooi van compositie en zoals altijd zeer scherp en mooi van kleur ondanks de omstandigeheden zoals je schrijft.
Groeten uit Rotterdam
Viv

Paul,

Great job on this bird,
I love the colors in the feathers on the back,
Nice catch light,

fototab

Hallo Paul,
Schitterende foto van deze Koolmees. Scherpte en houding zijn uitstekend. Ook de kleuren en compositie zijn erg goed. Ben benieuwd naar de Zwarte Specht. Hopelijk lukt het nog hem te fotograferen.
Nu we toch met plaatsnamen bezig zijn: Groet uit Reeuwijk,
Peter

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2356 W: 134 N: 6487] (20173)
  • [2008-02-18 8:12]

Hello Paul,
Nice one of a Great Tit taken from your hide. I like the pose and the sharpness, POV and composition are great.
I haven't had any good shots from my hide yet; a Black Woodpecker would be great!
Thanks for sharing this one,
Ivan

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  • crs Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 109 W: 0 N: 154] (623)
  • [2008-02-18 8:18]

Hi Paul,

Very good photo with the tit. Light is excelent used giving depth to the image. Good natural colors and clear details of the bird.

Thank you for sharing,
Cristian

hello Paul

beautiful close-up shot of the Great Tit
with excellent sharpness & details,
and i love the POV and framing of your image, TFS

Asbed

Hello Paul
Now this is one very sharp Great Tit...The scene is perfect and its a reference book worthy shot in my opinion..and as always a natural shot showing the subject in its true environment.
Tfs and All the best
Paul

bonjour paul
c'est tres bien,l'oeil ressort tres bien sur le noir de la tête ce qui est chose assez dificile avec les mesange charbonnieres.
la pose de l'oiseau est bien et l'ensemble est net.
bravo.
laurent

Hello Paul,
This is a very fine close up captured of this Great Tit!
Excellent exposure and focus with total sharpness, splendid colour and details
great job desereved a big credit
Tony

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  • MMM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 738 W: 0 N: 1444] (6480)
  • [2008-02-18 10:35]

Hello Paul
Beautiful presentation.Well composed igmage with great POV.Sharpness and details are excellent.I like the pose from your subject.
TFS Michel

Hello Paul,

This is a very impressive capture of the great tit! The image is sharp and detailed and the colours are natural! Very good eye contact, in fact he looks to be cocking his head for you! I really like the way you can see him gripping the twig!

Kind regards,
Bev :-)

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  • Juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2045 W: 6 N: 1780] (12430)
  • [2008-02-18 12:34]

Hola Paul.
buena captura y excelente pov.
color y datalles...
saludos

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  • pvb Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 388 W: 20 N: 522] (1791)
  • [2008-02-18 13:02]

Hi Paul,
Prachtige foto van deze prachtige vogel.
Hele mooie compositie, scherpte en dof.
Hij heeft zich goed vastgegrepen op de boomstam.
Hoop dat je de zwarte specht nog te pakken krijgt. Zelf heb ik deze vogel nog maar 2 keer gezien op de Veluwe.
groeten uit 's-Gravenzande
Paula

Hallo Paul,

deze mees heb je er goed op staan en lekker scherp met mooie kleuren.
ook de achtergrond is mooi.

groet Gert

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  • kjpweb Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 367 W: 86 N: 1084] (4788)
  • [2008-02-18 16:06]

A beauty. So sharp and detailed with great colors! Kudos!
Cheers, Klaus

Hello Paul
Wonderful capture... and note.
TFS
Regards
JD

Hi Paul, very excellent sharp detail seen on this one. He looks very much like our Black Capped Chickadees in Canada, except the colour is a little different with the green and yellow. The display of the colour in this shot of yours is very good. Composition is good, with him on the log basically filling the frame, providing a very good overall display of the bird.

Thanks, John

Hi Paul,

Very nice photo with great color contrast between the subject and the BG, sharp details, perfect composition. Very well done! Thank you,

Eugene

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