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Great Tit - Sıkorka


Great Tit - Sıkorka
Photo Information
Copyright: Stefan Kardos (stevkds) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 397 W: 25 N: 194] (1612)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-02-04
Categories: Nature
Camera: Canon EOS 5D, Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): My favorite birds [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-02-04 16:32
Viewed: 852
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 52
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The Great Tit, Parus major, is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common species throughout Europe and Asia in any sort of woodland. It is resident, and most birds do not migrate.

It is an easy tit to recognise, large in size at 14 cm, with a broad black line (broader in the male) down its otherwise yellow front. The neck and head are black with white cheeks and ear coverts. Upperparts are olive. It has a white wingbar and outer tail feathers. In young birds the black is replaced by brown, and the white by yellow.

There are many races of this widespread species, but they fall into three groups. Birds in temperate Europe and Asia are essentially green above and yellow below. Great Tits in China, Japan and southeastern Russia are green above and white or yellow-tinged white below, and birds in India and southeast Asia are grey above and whitish below.

It is, like other tits, a vocal bird, and has a large variety of calls, of which the most familiar is a "teacher, teacher", also likened to a squeaky wheelbarrow wheel. Interestingly, the birds from the two south Asian groups of races do not recognise the calls of the temperate Great Tits, and they may be a separate species.

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Hello Stefan,
What a beautiful looking bird. Its colours are lovely as is the quality of your image of it. Very nice indeed.
Cheers,
Debbie

  • Great 
  • lgfoto Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 210 W: 66 N: 252] (2190)
  • [2007-02-04 16:50]

Very nice pose and composition. I like the framing :-).TFS

Hi Stefan

Great Shot of this Great Tit. well composed....well done

Ron

Hi Stefan.
Great shot,excellent capture,colours and POV,well done
Best Regards
TFS

* Piotr *

Hi, This shot is inspiring it is so sharp and clear, capturing a lovely subject so well. Regards, Jean

Hello Stefan,
This is a beautiful tit - I've never seen one before. Very neat and lovely photograph.
Thanks for sharing,
Esperança

Hi Stefan
Good shot of this Great Tit. Good sharp detail and even in the white patch. Good diagonal branches. Well done.
Mike

Hello Stefan!
Wonderful perspective and lovely bird! Great colours, detail and clarity!
Excellent done!
Lili

Hi Stefan
The simplicity of this shot makes it leap out even as a thumbnail.
Your excellent metering and sharpness, combined with that fantastic monochrome background are the key to making this a stand-out shot, literally.
Great work
Rew

Hi Stefan

Wonderful macro of this bird, the quality of the image is beautiful, the colors and the load of the bird is fantastic. Beautiful shot!
Amazed with the beauty of this picture.
Congratulations

Sérgio

Very good close up with a lot of details; good contrast, sharpness and a perfect background. Howevere I'd like a simply frame; this one looks a bit distracting.

Hi Stefan, lovely bird with great pose, beautiful composition with wonderful colors and splendid details, very well done, ciao Silvio

Hi Stefan.

Wonderful detail,pose and composition.Perfect exposure and a nice frame too.Very proffesional.

TFS,Aqueous.

He Stefan
in holland we called this fellow a Koolmees
how its call in Poland
your shot is well composed
good job
tfs
Marco

  • Great 
  • NecipP Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor [C: 669 W: 16 N: 404] (4722)
  • [2007-02-06 15:38]

Hi Stefan a very well done Great tit well composed and good clean background TFS rgds Necip

HelloStefan!

A superb composition once again , with this little bird contrasting well against the monochrome background.
Bravo!
Robert

Added to my theme: favorite birds

Good sharpness and composition but just a little underexposed.

Katya

Nice and sharp in good compo
Well done Stefan
Ruud

Nice bird! You catch it from an angle of good presentation... I like the diagonal of the branch too!
It's sharp and that sky grey/blue is of a color who surprise and please!

Hi Stefan

wow bellismo modelo

Nat

Beautiful capture Stefan, lovely colours and detail.
Regards Mark

Pt later

Very clear sharp picture..

Great..

The frami is apropriate..

Sandu

hi dear stefan
this is nice bird with nice colors
good work
well done
thanks
joopiter

Hi Stefan - This is a beautiful portrait of a beautiful little bird. I like the perspective with the great tit being positioned in the upper right-hand corner. Seen against a lovely blue sky it could almost be a spring photo, although it was taken in February. Well observed. Thank you for sharing your image with us. - Cheers, Cordelia :))

hi stafan, nice shot, good clarity,depth of field,colors,composition, good work! thanks for your comments on my work, scott

Nice and sharp picture with good composition. Well done. I like it.

Best regards,

Don

felicidades por su toma.
Paulina

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