Bushtits

[Dave_Douglass]

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 / Expressive

About This Image

Here are a pair of bushtits I recently captured. They are tiny, nervous birds that are hard to get. Little cuties…

Feedback Requested

I thought these 2 guys on the stick were a “look”. They are only slightly larger than a hummingbird!

Technical Details

z9, 180-600 lens, Nikon 1.4 TC, monopod, 1/3200th, f 9, 1260mm, ISO 25600, cropped to 3186 x 2477.

[Allen_Sparks]

Nice double catch Dave. Cool to see two birds together like this. Both birds seem rather soft with the bird on the right looking a tad sharper to my eye. I’m wondering if a narrower aperture and less shutter speed would have brought both of them more in focus. Still a fine capture.

[Dennis_Plank]

I like the composition and the perch is pretty cool here as well, Dave. As @Allen_Sparks mentioned, the entire image seems quite soft to my eye.