Red breasted Nuthatch

Was walking along when I started to hear bird sounds coming from the nearby trees. It was the sounds of chickadees and nuthatches. Started walking toward the sounds, the chickadees were bit too high on the trees, but I saw potential for pictures with the Red breasted Nuthatches. They were within my lens reach as they slowing moved from a tree to a tree, eating along the way. As they moved I moved with them, the trees opened up and the cloudless blue sky stepped in. One bird while upside down, grabbed hold of a cone on a low hanging branch, picking away at the seeds. I quickly grabbed the image I wanted.

Until next moment,

Amar

Red breasted Nuthatch

I was out looking for a Great Grey Owl, that was spotted the day before. But it was not my time, I had to wait few days. So off I went, searching to see what I could come across on the nearby trail. A light drizzle started, stored the camera and kept walking. That did not last long, I could hear several nuthatches ahead. Within seconds I was near a tree that fallen few weeks back and among its roots were the Red breasted Nuthatches. They kept moving front of me, just as I was ready to take a picture, they would move again. I was running out of time, as they were starting to fly away. Just then one perched front of me, with a clean background, I quickly grabbed my picture and it was my time to move on.

Red-breasted Nuthatch

One way to create a better image is too move the subject away from the center of the picture.There should always be a reason for where you place the subject in the final image, by doing that you're telling a story and not just taking a photo. Now that's not easy to do with wildlife, in particular with the nuthatch I was taking pictures of. So I made sure the bird was not taking up all the space in the photos, I just wanted to make sure it was in focus and the background was not busy. 

When working with the attached photo on the computer , I was able to place the nuthatch toward the top left when cropping the image. End result, you can see the subject on the tree with its classic pose, giving space toward the direction its looking at and as well providing the symbolic space that the bird can fly into. There is no perfect formula for a better photo, but at the same time if you decide to place the subject in the center it should be because it creates the best image.

Until next moment,

Amar