Archive 2015 · White Breasted Nuthatch

MarkintheHV
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I generally dont do the smaller birds, but we were waiting for some bald eagles and this White Breasted Nuthatch presented himself

http://www.markinthehv.com/Misc-Birds/i-VrvGh2m/0/L/White-breasted%20Nuthatch-L.jpg

Feb 28, 2015 at 07:42 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · White Breasted Nuthatch

Nice Mark, but maybe a little short on detail ~ Ron

Feb 28, 2015 at 08:08 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · White Breasted Nuthatch

Nice pose Mark. The whites seem a little over exposed resulting in a loss of detail in the bird's breast. Also, notice the distracting elements behind the bird. Either moving to your right or left to eliminate that would help, providing the damn bird stays put as you move. What lens did you shoot with and at what settings?

Alan

Feb 28, 2015 at 08:30 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · White Breasted Nuthatch

THanks for the advice. I shot this with 1/1000 f/7.1 ISO 640 with a Tamron 150-600 and a Canon 7d mkii

Feb 28, 2015 at 08:37 PM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · White Breasted Nuthatch

Are you checking the histogram when you shoot? Do you have your camera set to show you blown highlights/whites?

Alan

Feb 28, 2015 at 08:44 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · White Breasted Nuthatch

Nice natural pose, I agree about the exposure

Morris

Feb 28, 2015 at 09:12 PM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · White Breasted Nuthatch

angel manguel wrote:
Are you checking the histogram when you shoot? Do you have your camera set to show you blown highlights/whites?

Alan

Good advice. Having the highlight warning set will alert you and let you make exposure changes before shooting too many and missing out on getting it right. I rely on mine to warn me when I'm in a rush and not paying attention.

Fred

Feb 28, 2015 at 10:24 PM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · White Breasted Nuthatch

Nice advice by everyone. It appears the bird is in full sun. If that is true, the settings could be a whole stop or more overexposed. Maybe a 1/2000th or faster or iso 320 or so would have been accurate exposure.

Mar 01, 2015 at 08:58 AM


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