# Nuthatch Gulp **URL:** \ **Category:** Image Critiques\ **Tags:** birds\ **Created:** [July 2, 2026, 2:12pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/nuthatch-gulp/51360 "2026-07-02T14:12:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dave\_Douglass](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dave_douglass/32/5332_2.png) [@Dave\_Douglass](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dave_Douglass)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 2:12pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/nuthatch-gulp/51360/1 "2026-07-02T14:12:27Z")
![Original - NUTHATCH.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/f/d/fdec97481d3c8b4f292ba5b1c8751f1d1167a1d8.jpeg) **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 I got this white-breasted nuthatch doing a “down the hatch” with a suet morsel yesterday. Got lucky. ### Feedback Requested I am curious if the cropping is working? Exposure? ### Technical Details Z9, 180-600 lens, Nikon 1.4 TC, monopod, 1/3200th, f 8.5, 855mm, cropped to2726 x 2268. ---
**Author:** ![Allen\_Sparks](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/allen_sparks/32/63507_2.png) [@Allen\_Sparks](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Allen_Sparks)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 11:05pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/nuthatch-gulp/51360/2 "2026-07-03T23:05:12Z")
Hi Dave, seeing the nuthatch gulping down that morsel is quite cute. I’m trying the like the large branch curving through the image as those are typically aspects that I fine appealing. It does tend to dominate though as a fair amount of the bird is obscured. Exposure looks okay but I think some of the whites of the bird maybe over done on the neck.