Small birds in my yard (+revised)

Revised Version

Revision 2 (latest)

What changed: another closer crop

Revision 1

What changed: closer crop

Added after receiving feedback from the community.


Original Version

This was taken this morning. The same is true of the other images I posted with post. This main image is a house in very nice warm light.

A black capped chickade

Another black capped chickadee

A nuthatch

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

I get a lot of small birds at my house. At least in the front yard. They seemed to enjoy the perches. They also enjoy the woodpecker suet. I do get woodpeckers but they rarely land on the perch.

Feedback Requested

Anything that helps me as a photographer improved my skills.

Technical Details

This was taken this morning. The same is true of the other images I posted with post. This main image is a house in very nice warm light.
Camera: SONY ILCE-7RM6
Lens: FE 400mm F2.8 GM OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
Focal length: 560mm
Shutter speed: 1/250s
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 100
Flash: Fired

A black capped chickade
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: 500
Flash: Fired

Another black capped chickadee
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: 1000
Flash: Fired

A nuthatch
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: 640
Flash: Fired

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Very nice, with a wonderful variety! And good to see you out with a camera!!

I could see cropping each a bit to make the birds larger in the frame.

@Diane_Miller

Thanks for being so quick on getting back to me on these images..

Yeah, I kind of. I decided not to crop for a very closely. With 67 megapixels like a crop very close and it’s hard to tell even at higher ISO.

The original poster added a revised version of their image.

The original poster added a revised version of their image.

The two reposts are definite improvements, David, though the original images were both good, these raise them up a notch. The other two images are also very nice.