A couple of our smallest

[eccles]

Two of our smallest birds snapped on 27th Feb at Willsbridge, near Bristol.

Goldcrest

Wren

 

[sbowler579]

A couple of very nice shots there Mike.

 

[BRASH]

Both of these images are very soft and too central in the frame. More space required left and right respectively.

The exif shows the settings are reasonable so I wonder if they are big crops which will explain the loss of detail, particularly in No 2. Either that if handheld it might be camera shake.

 

[eccles]

Thanks for the comments, guys.
@BRASH, yes, they're quite heavy crops which partially explains the softness, but despite the highish shutter speed I suspect there might have still been a bit of motion blur there too. These are both very active little birds. I still thought they were worth posting though. Point taken about central framing. I should have noticed that, but I won't reframe them now as it'd mess up the relevance of your comments.
Cheers,
Mike.

 

[BRASH]

Thanks for the comments, guys.
@BRASH, yes, they're quite heavy crops which partially explains the softness, but despite the highish shutter speed I suspect there might have still been a bit of motion blur there too. These are both very active little birds. I still thought they were worth posting though. Point taken about central framing. I should have noticed that, but I won't reframe them now as it'd mess up the relevance of your comments.
Cheers,
Mike.

Just points to bear in mind for the future.