An interesting image, something I've never tried. (Wide angle BiF photgraphy)
Originally posted by MSL Nice shot. I might be tempted to crop to a 4x6 ratio to cut out much of the bottom space which I find distracting.
That's a hard judgement to make without knowing how much crop room there is in the frame, how the bird will look cropped to enlarge it's size. Given the flight path of these little birds which is very erratic, I doubt the OP got the exact framing he wanted.
The amazing thing here is he got the image. And for a guy like me, who shoots these birds on a regular basis it's almost jaw dropping. You have to temper your criticism of everything else against the fact that he got the shot in the first place. And with a K-5 no less. No 8 fps 23 shot burst like I would have had with my K-3. Good framing etc. would have been bonus.
So maybe it could be better framed if the bird was lower in the frame, but let's give the OP the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he made the most of a tough situation.
Honestly, if the OP had told me in advance he was going to try for a nuthatch in flight, I would not have predicted results this good. I probably would have said that it was a waste of time trying.
Last edited by normhead; 01-18-2019 at 08:07 AM.