Varied Sittella

[hotspur (Chris)]

Well;I have been spending many hours in the field the last couple of months,which is enjoyable,but not much success in finding dingos or
interesting wildlife photography opportunities.This one image of a varied
sittella is the only image I felt was worth posting.Yes-its 'up side down',
but that's the way the species works they cork screw hop around branches
and tree trunks looking for insects and spiders-they move very fast!difficult
to photograph.I used the Canon 400L and 50D in manual mode.

Hope you find this little fella interesting-thanks for looking,Chris

[AstralTraveller (David)]

Yum. Firstly at the image but also in finding the sittella - I can't remember whether I've ever seen one. I've got the 400mm lens but only a 400D. Anyway, would you like to share which settings you used?

[gregbradley]

Nice catch!

Greg.

[Derek Klepp]

Just thought I'd have a quick look here and once again was worth it.

[hotspur (Chris)]

Originally Posted by AstralTraveller

Yum. Firstly at the image but also in finding the sittella - I can't remember whether I've ever seen one. I've got the 400mm lens but only a 400D. Anyway, would you like to share which settings you used?

Settings,partial metering,iso 400,speed 1/800 F 6.3.But was constantly charging,as very poor bleak conditions of the day,subject distance around 12 ish metres,bird is around 100 mm long-so a difficult task-was quite pleased how this turned out.Thanks Derek and Greg