Nuthatch photos: Please would you vote for the one that you prefer?

Hi Woodpecker

My vote is for number 1

Soosin said:

A Nuthatch in your garden,  - show off  : ) . I;m with Blackbird, my favourite is #1

p.s.  What u feeding them??

Hi Soosin

I already showed everyone that he popped into my Guardiam mealworm & suet pellet feeder :-)

I've been on his visitor list since I started putting out live mealworms. He also likes insect suet pellets and 'sundrops' (suet coated sunflower seeds - mine are from Jacobi Jayne but others probably sell them)

Hi Judi

Exactly what 'tweak' did you do? I'm not Photoshop savvy, but I use Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 so I'm sure I can do something similar with that. It has photo fix, 1 step fix and lot's of different manual fixes.

These 2 photos are just cropped in PSP

Thanks everyone for your votes.

OH said photo 1 was awful with the blurred background and he preferred the sunshine version of photo 2. I said I can probably do a sunshine effect with photo 1 but he said he didn't like the background being blurred. I'm not going to say anything to him though as he has been a real darling and let me upgrade my camera :-)

Best wishes Chris

JudiM said:

In reverse you can also see that it is possible to blur the background afterwards.

Hi again Judi

I didn't see this one before I answered. How did you do that?

Best wishes Chris

Hi,

I think P2 is better because of pose and the light in the eye however it is slightly over exposed and P1 has better exposure and  feather definition :)

S

Hi Woodpecker

Not much help as I like them both just the same, lovely photos  Well done you.

Hi Chris,

 both are great shots.

I'm with S and opt for pic 2. The eye and pose are what gets my vote.

I have also took the liberty and cropped and used some editing in Photoshop to enhance pic 2.

Regards Buzzard

Hi

I also prefer 2.  I find 1 less sharp overall. 2 gets my vote as the eye highlight helps accentuate the subject, and the pose is more dynamic.

If the subject stands out the background is a minor detail - so though I usually try and blur when taking I can't be bothered monkeying about in post production! 

Laurence  :-)

Hi Woodpecker,

I 'm not going to be much help either, I do like the background in pic 1, but the bird in pic 2, the birds stand out more with a blurred, less busy background, it gives pictures, I think a more professional look, I like what Judi did with pic one.

Hiya

I too like the blurred background in pic 1 but the bird in pic 2 'cos of the light in his eye. But both are great photos and you are lucky having a Nuthatch in your garden.

Chez

Hello

I like JudiM's photo 1 tweaked best!!!

Lyndsey