I spend a fair amount of time taking pictures of birds. Today’s photos are of a Tufted Titmouse:
Kind of a funny name, but they are a cute little bird.
There were a few challenges to deal with here. Because a bird like this is almost always in motion, I did use my tripod. I am also using a fast shutter speed. Really what I am doing with a fast shutter speed and tripod is attempting to freeze the action and every little bit helps. I also raised the ISO to 640 to help with the light. The f-stop you really have to think about in a photo like this. The number has to be small enough to let in enough light. However, if it is too low, you might not get the whole bird in focus. On the flip side of that, if the number is too high, too much of the background will be in focus. For this shot, I really wanted the background to be blurred enough so that you still know what it is, but aren’t really spending a lot of time looking at it.
As far as post editing, for these shots I only cropped them and then left it at that.
So, do you have any bird photo tips you like to share? other comments? please leave them below.
Cheers!
Great shots
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Thanks 🙂
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Gorgeous photos.
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Thanks!
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Adorable birds. I’m now thinking of getting one feeder for my outside patio. My son would love that too.
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I have several outside my office, I love them. I think it would make a great addition to your patio 🙂
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I love birds too, great shots. X
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Thanks!
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Very interesting photos and post. What differentiates this Tufted Titmouse and how do you recognise?
Shakti
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Hi, and thank you for taking the time to comment. Here is a link with some information about this little bird:http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Tufted_Titmouse/id The photos at the bottom of the page are particularly clear. In my opinion, they are easy to spot at the bird feeder because of their very dark eyes which stand out in contrast to it’s face feathers. Also, its crest of feathers is very easy to spot, particularly if the bird in an upright position.
Cheers!
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Lovely little bird! I am trying to get better at bird shots. Try, try, and try again is all I can offer. 🙂 You’ve done better with little birds than I have.
Blessings ~ Wendy
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I agree, it does take a lot of practice 🙂 Thanks for your encouragement.
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cute bird !
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They are 🙂
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That’s the cutest name for a bird that I’ve ever heard! I’m still playing around trying to get better at bird shots…..think I might need a zoom lens 🙂
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I know, I just love the name too. In this case, a quality zoom lens would have been great!
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Nice photos! Tufted titmouses also visit the bird feeder in my back yard. The bird feeder is visible from the family room and sometimes it is more entertaining to just watch the birds than to watch television.
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I agree, especially with the snow on the ground, the feeders have been really busy.
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Nice job of photgraphing a very difficult subject.
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Thank you.
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