Bearded Tit

Whoohoo

Never seem one of these before. K3 DA560 and 1.4x at 5:50am this morning.



Bearded Tit by Alan Wennington, on Flickr

Very nice Alan ...

Very nice love it as a Tog and a birder

Great shot! I have never seen that species around here. Thanks for sharing.

Bjørn

I love your work, Alan. I rarely comment, paradoxically since it's almost always immaculate, but I find it a real inspiration.

Great stuff Alan. Looks like your settling with the lens really well.

Best regards

Yes great shot - he is a good looking chap isn't he!

The only C&C I have is to say that this is a wonderful image1

Please continue to bring us inspiring piccies such as this!


Roger.

Discerning birds. Must have been attracted by the 560.

Excellent light on this..

clicked on this expecting to see a picture of Bill Oddie.

Very nice shot... beutiful looking bird

Great shot Alan. Is this off your Benbo?

Nice one Alan great to see a bearded tit

Thanks for all the positive feedback. Blown away with Chris and Roger actually being inspired

Barrie, this was on a large beanbag like yours, except mine is still overfilled with polystyrene balls. The barn owl was with lens mounted on the Benbo. Should have new (to me) legs in a day or too.

Gary, I'm struggling with the lens a little. Completely different to my normal handheld style.

Just some context. One of my mates travelled all the way to Norfolk to photograph them. I've never seen a bearded tit photo from Northumberland before. 2 or 3 birds were reported in the county last year, but no-one managed a picture that I'm aware of. Last night someone told me of a couple of males in a local nature reserve, so I made an early start this morning and had my photo within 15 minutes. I then hung around for another 3 hours without a further glimpse.

Everything about this image is wonderful and perfect except for the out of focus foreground blade of grass which cuts through the subject and is simply bad luck. I imagine that the lens is not at all easy to use and this augers very well indeed. Good image, nearly much better than that.

Fabulous shot Alan, what a catch! I agree with Dr O about the grass, but there's nothing you could have done about it. I would be very tempted to try and clone it out, it looks as though it should be a fairly simple clone, except maybe where it crosses the tail.

Regards
David