I am actually sat in the Pit Hide at the moment over-looking the infinity bathing pool. A few birds are coming and going but it isn't nearly as busy as I expected it to be, hopefully I will get more visitors when the weather worsens and food isn't as easy to find out in the woodland. Last evening just before dusk I filled up the feeders and placed peanuts everywhere and when I returned half an hour ago pretty much every peanut had been taken. Squirells and Badgers are responsible I think, hopefully mostly Badgers, they love peanuts and have a big set in the wood behind me. These particular badgers will not be culled..... well over my dead body literally, if you are going to die then you may as well die for something you feel passionate about. Yes I do feel that passionate about the impending cull. Sign the petition please! (See yesterday's post).
Back to the Nuthatch picture taken at 1131. The light is not ideal at this time of the day. Too bright behind and dull in the forground and its hard to set the camera to deal with the conditions. I may revert to fill flash and if used sensibly it may work well just to pick out the detail. Sometimes a back lit subject can be effective but not in this case I don't feel. Also, note that the beak is slightly out of focus that is because this bird was very close to me and I focused on the eye. At close quarters like this it's even hard to get the whole face in focus. I thought it interesting that the pupil in bird's eye was so big, proving that it was in shadow.
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