seeing the wood through the trees

First it was macro, then woodland, and now bird photography that I'm trying to grasp and (well, almost) perfect.

My main method for getting a shot of a lovely blue tit or the like is to watch the woodland for a while and see where they perch and feel comfortable enough to stick around.  The strategic placement of bird food helps here!

I then pre-focus and expose for that area and just wait.  Sometimes the birds come there and sometimes they stop, obviously knowing that I want to take their picture.

Fujifilm X-T5, Fujinon 100-400mm f4-f5.6 @ 400mm
1/250th of a second at f5.6, ISO 800
handheld

A by-product of this method the other week though was a quite lovely little woodland scene.  My camera was having trouble locking focus on a branch and kept defaulting to a nearer tree. 

But looking at the image I really liked it.  It looks like a little woodland growing on a bigger tree branch.  A wood within a wood if you like!

And yes, I did eventually get my blue tit!

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You might be surprised...

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