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Great Tit (Talgoxe)


Great Tit (Talgoxe)
Photo Information
Copyright: Gert Ellstrom (ellis49) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3367 W: 343 N: 9328] (30403)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-12-20
Categories: Birds
Camera: Sony Alfa dSLR A100, Sigma 400mm/ 5.6 APO Tele Macro, Digital RAW 400
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/60 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): !Birds of a Feather [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-12-20 9:06
Viewed: 1685
Points: 54
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This is a Great Tit a small and beautiful bird. I was out and looking for Bearded Tits but they wouldn’t show up today, so this it was what I got.
We are still fighting with the bad daylight, today was it a bit better with clear blue sky and sunny but it’s still quite dark especially in the forest. The sun is just hanging over the tree tops at noon, so the sunbeams don’t reach the ground.
I’m not a lover of snow but I’m longing for the white stuff now.


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 birds do not migrate.
It is an easy tit to recognise, 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. Upperparts 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.
There are many races of this widespread species, but they fall into three groups. Birds in temperate Europe and Asia are essentially green above and yellow below. Great Tits in China, Japan and southeastern Russia are green above and white or yellow-tinged white below, and birds in India and southeast 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. Interestingly, the birds from the two south Asian groups of races do not recognise 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.
Like other tits, its food is insects, especially caterpillars when feeding young, and seeds. 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.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedi


Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
God Jul Och Gott Nytt år
to all TN members.


Sigma 400mm Tele Macro, tripod
ISO 400, Raw-format, av-mode,
Levels, Contrast, Crop, resized to 800 pixels, Smart Sharpen on the B/W channel in lab-colours. PP in PS CS2 and Noiseware Pro.
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  • Great 
  • pilonm Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 535 W: 90 N: 842] (2833)
  • [2006-12-20 10:01]

Hello Gert,

It is really a very nice bird to photography! Once again, perfect bg to enhance this Great Tit... Excellent pov and good exposition... The only thing IMHO is that the bird is too centered in the image... I would have leave more space to the right of the bird... But it is only a question of taste :-)

TFS,

Michel

Sensacional este herrerillo. Bellos colores y finos detalles. El BG es estupendo.
Saludos amigo, JL.

Hi Gert,
Very good image.
Especially the sharpness at the back, the eye and the beak are excellent.
Less details in the white and yellow parts; I wonder if this is partly due to the noise reducing software?
Overall very well done
TFS
Annick

Hi Gert
Impresionante carbonero tiene nitidez por todos los lados, mis felicitaciones.
Un saludo
Jorge

nice close up, TFS Ori

Great shot Gert..You've exposed your tit well :)
Very sharp and detailed, excellent color.
Happy Holidays mf.

  • Great 
  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3475 W: 143 N: 5502] (18019)
  • [2006-12-20 13:29]

Hi Gert.
Great Tit and great shot. I love diagonal constructer of your picture. This tool makes a shot very expressive and pleasant for look. Perfect colours and details of the tit. Amazing DOF and BG. POV is excellent too. TFS and for congratulation.
Good Holidays and perfect feels.
My best regards,
Alexei.

  • Great 
  • falke Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 153 W: 17 N: 444] (1636)
  • [2006-12-20 13:47]

Ahh, this is a beautiful picture. It seems like he is prepared to run or something like that and that give a good perspective of the conditions for those little ones close to us. They need to eat despite the fact that they are afraid......

I also like the careful color treatment, as you see to many of those to enhanced pictures. This is a very good portrait!

  • Great 
  • sAner Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1648 W: 79 N: 1438] (4744)
  • [2006-12-20 14:39]

Hi there Gert! How are you doing? I wish you a very merry x-mas and a very healthy 2007. I hope you're fine. The picture is great as always. Well composed, razorsharp and nice colors. Well done & TFS!

Regards,
Pieter

  • Great 
  • star74 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 294 W: 5 N: 619] (2466)
  • [2006-12-20 14:45]

Hi Gert,
Wonderful capture of this colourful bird,
Very good POV,DOF and details,
Great work

  • Great 
  • RAP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2524 W: 345 N: 2373] (7405)
  • [2006-12-20 15:18]

Otra composición impecable Gert, con exacto foco, DOF y agudeza, realzados por una atinada iluminación que brinda un agradable colorido muy natural.
El fondo difuso colabora con el despegue del ave, completando la presentación un correcto encuadre.
Saludos y mis mejores deseos... Ricardo

Another impeccable composition Gert, with exact focus, DOF and sharpness, enhanced by a accurate lighting that offers a very pleasant natural colors.
The diffuse bottom collaborates with the takeoff of the bird, completing the presentation a correct framing.
Regards and my best wishes... Ricardo

  • Great 
  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4774 W: 294 N: 4020] (13209)
  • [2006-12-20 15:21]

Hello Gert,
Excellent capture of great tit.I liked POV,clear details,eye contact,BG and composition a lot.Merry Christmas and Happy New Year mf!
TFS...:-)

Hi Gert,
excellent portrait from the Great tit. Excellent framing, POV and sharpness. Very good exposure and natural colours. This is an excellent composition. As always an excellent note. Thank you my friend.
Gr.
Heinz

Hej Gert,
nice image of great tit, maybe imho just a little tight crop (that's my favorite issue here on TN). Tried a little workshop on the white parts.
REgards, JAcob

  • Great 
  • manyee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3028 W: 226 N: 5985] (20449)
  • [2006-12-20 16:28]

Aaah... Gert.... The perfect Great Tit. : )
You do it everytime.

Thanks for sharing your beautiful pictures with us throughout the year. : )
Merry Christmas to you and your family.

hello Gret,
excellent capture with super details!
Mircea

  • Great 
  • Hil Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 707 W: 13 N: 1405] (5027)
  • [2006-12-20 17:30]

Hi Gert,

Wonderful shot of this beautiful great Tit, very nicely presented composition and a superb pose, very nice details and beautiful colours too.

Merry Christmas to All
Hilary :o)

Hi Gert,
Great sharpness and very neat image. Great details. Nicely composed and well framed. Colors are natural and very pretty.
Excellent shot.

Ben Lakitan

Hi Gert,
A superb shot my friend! Amazingly beautiful colors and tack sharp detail. A perfect OOF backround shows this little beauty to its fullest. Nice shot!
Scott

Hi Gert

The weather is windy and cold here. Snow has been forcast for the South Island of New Zealand down to 600 meters. Maybe a white Christmas for some and this is our Summer! Today has been the coldest day in Christchurch, South Island of New Zealand, on this particular day since 1976 and it snowed then.

I love the pose of your little birdie. Nice catchlight and as always, top quality work.

Thank you my friend!

  • Great 
  • Bac Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 97 W: 3 N: 33] (480)
  • [2006-12-21 2:58]

This is sharpness, this picture is really impressive. The quality is very high TFS.

Hej Gert
Jätte fin bild på talloxen med skarpa detaljer & väl komponerad.
Hoppas att vädret under julhelgen blir soligt och ge lite ljus för alla oss som vill ta en sväng i naturen. Jag kommer att besöka dina trakter i jakten på små fåglar :) och stanna några dagar I Gävle. Du nämnde sist att Villa Rettig området var bra ställe att kolla. Finns det några fler :)

God Jul & Gott Nytt År
Ralf

Hi Gert,
Amazing shot of this Great Tit.
I like it lot.

Biswarup

Hello Gert,
lovely pose, clear and sharp, perfectly in frame, well composed. Refreshingly vital contribution.
Thank you! My best wishes to you and your family for the christmas holidays and a Happy new Year!
Best regards,
Peter

a beauty Gert.
my friend I wish you and your family a very good Christmas a fine days and a good begin of the new year.
gr. jaap en Teunie

  • Great 
  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2797 W: 161 N: 293] (893)
  • [2006-12-24 8:01]

Hi Gert,
I missed this shot!!
En riktigt GOD Jul önskar jag dig och hoppas du blir frisk och stark i detta nya året!!
Lovely sunshine and blue skies today but a walk didn't produce much more than a few Great Tits and Blue Tits! But no pictures! So I appreciate your shot - excellent as usual!
TFS and best wishes, Ulla

  • Great 
  • mlines Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 530 W: 22 N: 580] (2794)
  • [2007-02-24 19:49]

Hi Gert. Excellent clarity and colours in this shot of a great tit. This is superb to see, almost 3-D. TFS. Murray.

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