Nuthatch

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Description

Here’s a pose I got of a white-breasted nuthatch out back recently (they don’t hold still much). I like it as a B&W since that’s pretty much what it was originally.

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Cropping? I think its pose works what with its head turn. You?

Technical Details

Z9, 180-600 lens, Nikon 1.4 TC, monopod, 1/1000th, f 9.0, 1260mm, ISO 4500, cropped to 2455 x 1850.

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Fun catch! A nice perch and good DOF. The pose works for me and I like the gently mottled BG.

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Nice composition, Dave, and the black and white works fine. The pose works well.

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Hi Dave
This photograph works in B&W. the Nuthatch has good feather detail and framing bring my eye right to the bird head. Nice work.
Peter

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Hi Dave, nice black and white treatment and I like the subject placement in the frame. Nice background. Pose is good but a bit more of a head turn towards us would be better IMO.

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I agree with @Allen_Sparks Love the B&W. Nice shot!