Juvenile Blue Tit

Got quite into snapping birds around the garden recently and I'm sorting through a bit of a backlog.

Juvenile blue tit I think (yellow cheeks)

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Oh wow! these are really,really great!
Really nice to see them in foilage, just love the second one, guess you have figured out, how to keep the cats away then? Nice compositions too, and the colours and clarity are wonderful.

Some lovely captures there Phil!

love the fluffy detail!
Good depth of field - all the bird nice and sharp but the background nicely blurred. What were your settings?

Nice closeups Phil. I'm curious what lens you were using?

Thanks Moonie - Because of the way I've built & positioned the feeders I think the cats learned pretty quickly that it wasn't worth the effort. To be fair Bramble was the worst with birds but she's dead now no not a problem. I've provided a few wispy plants and branches which are too delicate for the cats to climb but strong enough for the birds. I'm slowly getting to grips with where they land and how long they stay etc.

Cheers Azz - I've quite a lot to sort through yet lol

Emma - Settings were:

1&2 - 1/800 / f5.6 / ISO 400 / 370mm
3&4 - 1/4000 / f5.6 / ISO 400 / 320mm (fast as I was shooting them flying)

Thanks Bob

Lens used for these shots was Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS USM Lens

These are lovely Phil, very nice indeed. I really like the last two, the angle, the eye contact in the third, and the overall "feel" of both shots. Nice work chap!

Thanks for the reply Phil. I knew it had to be really close up or really far away depending on the attitude & temperament of the bird.

Probably about 3 meters away Bob.

Love number 4 <3

xx