Backlit nuthatch

Image Critiques
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Critique Style: Standard

The photographer is looking for thoughtful feedback on the image as a whole, especially around the areas noted below.

Feedback Focus: Artistic + Technical

About This Image

The starlings are finally gone and I was able to set up my feeders without fear of losing all food to the starlings; Those nasty creatures. This set up is outside my bedroom window and and I can use my 400mm telephoto Plus 1 .4 extender.
This nuthatch is out there competing with all the smaller birds like the chickadees and goldfinches. Despite the absence of the starlings, there are plenty other birds much larger then these little guys and who are also competing for their share of the food that I put out for them.

Feedback Requested

Anything that helps me as a photographer improve my skills

Technical Details

Camera: SONY ILCE-7RM6
Lens: FE 400mm F2.8 GM OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
Focal length: 560mm
Shutter speed: 1/3200s
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 3200
Flash: Fired

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Glad you can get your setup going again, David. I like the lighting in this image, particularly the rim lighting on the perch. You might bring the highlights on a couple of the brightest areas down a touch, particularly the end of the head stripe. Other than that a very fine image.

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Hi David

The lighting, feather detail and eye contact all looked great. The tree branch does bring the viewer’s eye to the Nuthatch. I think the bird could be a little lower in the Frame.

Peter

Ps How do you like the new camera?