Tufted Titmouse by skipt07

Tufted Titmouse

The Tufted Titmouse is common in eastern deciduous forests and a frequent visitor to feeders. The large black eyes, small, round bill, and brushy crest gives these birds a quiet but eager expression that matches the way they flit through canopies, hang from twig-ends, and drop in to bird feeders. When a titmouse finds a large seed, you’ll see it carry the prize to a perch and crack it with sharp whacks of its stout bill.
This is one of the many avian friends that have been visiting our feeder since winter arrived.
Sweet shot!! I like the tones.
December 19th, 2016  
Cute little fluffy bird!
December 19th, 2016  
Precious Your new lens is awesome.
December 19th, 2016  
Some day I'm going to get one of these - they're so darn fast! Love this shot. Fav
December 19th, 2016  
Wonderful capture of the lovely, little bird...nice details
December 19th, 2016  
Wonderful!
December 19th, 2016  
Well done
December 19th, 2016  
Love this shot! And it really pops on black!

I see you use the same camera I do. Do you struggle with a lot of noise in your shots? Do you have issues with high ISO?
December 19th, 2016  
Wonderful capture
December 19th, 2016  
Lovely capture - Fav
December 19th, 2016  
Fabulous details and capture of this pretty bird
December 19th, 2016  
so cute! Lovely capture
December 19th, 2016  
@milaniet - I know what you mean. I saw it land, raised my camera, focused, shot once and it was gone. Fortunately this is what I got with my one try
December 19th, 2016  
@shesnapped - Thank you Ashley! I noticed that we used the same cameras too. I do struggle with noise at times. I usually try to keep my ISO as low as I can 100. Sometimes when the light is a little low I will increase it to 200-400 without getting a lot of noise. I have gone as high as 800 without any really noticeable noise. Beyond that it really starts showing up. However, when I have been at circus or ice shows where there is a spotlight on the performers I will use the M (manual setting) and set the ISO to 1600, the aperture to f/5.6 or f/6.7 to try and get some decent DoF and set the shutter speed to 125th of a second and am able to stop action without getting a lot of noise.
There are some helpful YouTube tutorials on how to reduce noise:
Here is one I just found that might me helpful if you haven't retried changing these camera settings before. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdlGkq68_84&t=194s
December 19th, 2016  
What a wonderful capture with texture I feel like I can touch. Beautifully photographed.
December 20th, 2016  
What a lovely bird and tones!
December 20th, 2016  
Such a sweet little bird! fav
December 20th, 2016  
@skipt07 Good tutorial! I found another video right below that one in the YouTube link that was quite informative! Are you a Mac user? This guy uses MacPhun Noiseless, which I use also, but I never noticed the Adjust tab!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb8c4yYR2A8
December 20th, 2016  
@skipt07 Do you turn on the High ISO noise reducer in your camera? Does it slow down your burst mode?
December 20th, 2016  
@shesnapped - Thank you for the follow Ashley! I am returning the favor.
Yes and no! Yes I have it turned on and no it doesn't slow down the burst mode.
No I am a PC owner/user. I was just watching a YouTube video by Chelsea Northup who was giving a tutorial on reducing noise in Lightroom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPX82LMJMiI&t=339s
December 20th, 2016  
A wonderful image, great detail/, texture and color and yet soft !
December 20th, 2016  
What asweet little bird and nice capture of it. Haven't seen any of those around the feeder here.
December 20th, 2016  
Lovely shot and awesome bird!!!!
December 20th, 2016  
Such a pretty bird and a lovely capture.
December 20th, 2016  
Super capture fav!
December 20th, 2016  
just gorgeous! love the lighting and fluff ... fav
December 21st, 2016  
Love his orange bits!
December 23rd, 2016  
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