Great Tit + Robin

Another couple of shots from Monday, at the local nature reserve:

well i cant get anoth off these shots so seeing more of other peoples work is good.
nothing wrong with robin i would be happy. shame about the full shadows on the great tit
and i think with these a lower shooting angle. but the colour of the sky and the green very nice.
many thanks

The great tit is a little dark as JP says. The sky is deep enough blue that you could probably slide the levels around with a PP program and pull in the shadows without blowing out the sky. This would have the added advantage of bringing out that faint catchlight in the bird's eye. Also there's feather detail there but it's a bit soft so add a bit of sharpening to make it 'pop'.
The robin is quite nice, but again the eye detail is a bit lost. They are very tolerant at this time of year, or at least until they pair off, so if you'd taken a bit of care and managed to work your way around it you may have been able to catch it full on to the sunlight and get better eye detail. If you stand your ground and keep dead still, male robins will often challenge you by singing, which makes a nice shot.

the crop on the second one is a little strange. Other than that ther're very nice.

I think these are both great subjects but I would agree that the shadow does detract a bit, especially on the Great Tit since he has such a dark face, just like our chickadees over here. It's not always easy but try to position yourself so the sun is behind you or on a high overcast day. The Robin is nice, you got a nice clean background and a nice eye level angle of this little cute bird.

jpalmer wrote in post #2951178
shame about the full shadows on the great tit

Yeah, to be honest, they were both in shadow, just couldn't rescue the Great Tit. Maybe when i get a bit better using shadows/highlights, i'll have another crack at it.

Thanks for the comments J

Thanks eccles.

This is the same Robin from Mr Red Breast. I only really put this shot up because i liked the bokeh hehe!

Thanks Benandbobbi, but how do you mean strange!?! It hasn't been cropped yet, so would be interested to know how you would crop it.

downywp wrote:
I think these are both great subjects but I would agree that the shadow does detract a bit, especially on the Great Tit since he has such a dark face, just like our chickadees over here. It's not always easy but try to position yourself so the sun is behind you or on a high overcast day. The Robin is nice, you got a nice clean background and a nice eye level angle of this little cute bird.

Thanks downywp.