Black-Capped Chickadee

Gallery: AvianPosted August 4, 2010159 views16 comments

I photographed this little chickadee back in March. At the same time as my last Chickadee post. I liked the background of dormant grass lit by the late afternoon sun.

Nikon D300 w/500mm f/4
1/250sec. f/4.0 ISO 400
Tripod, sb-600 with better beamer.
Perch set up above feeder.

Thanks for looking.

Comments

16 comments

Comment posted by Daniel Cartamil on August 4, 2010 at 11:57 AM

Nice work - the background really makes this, although the bird is sharp and well framed.

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Comment posted by Graham Brown on August 4, 2010 at 12:58 PM

This looks like our version of the Coal Tit although I have never seen a Coal Tit in as lovely a condition as this. You've captured lovely sharp detail in the bird with good use of the flash and I like the overall colour balance of the image. Graham

Registered on November 20, 2007, 275 Posts, 1365 Comments

Comment posted by Peter Conway on August 4, 2010 at 1:48 PM

I think you did an excellent job with this setup. The perch has interest and the BG is very nice. I don't have any expertise at all with flash but this looks good.

Peter

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on August 4, 2010 at 2:28 PM

A delightful, simple but elegant image Joel, Very well done.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on August 4, 2010 at 3:36 PM

Not much to say here except well done. Very sharp and I love the BG. Sweet job.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 4, 2010 at 3:38 PM

Gorgeous bg, Joel and a nice shot of the chickadee. The bird looks perhaps a bit oversharpened to my eye.

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on August 4, 2010 at 3:49 PM

Joel, this is lovely--great looking set-up and bg. my only nit is trivial, I think that if the bird's pose was a bit less upright (more horizontal) it would make the comp perfect. as is, it's excellent.

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Comment posted by Darren Colello on August 4, 2010 at 4:11 PM

Very pleasing image on many levels. Well executed.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on August 4, 2010 at 5:10 PM

This all works very well for me Joel. Nothing to nit.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on August 4, 2010 at 5:46 PM

Really nice detail and exposure with a clean bg. I would have preferred a touch more depth of field to get more of the perch in focus but you didn't have a lot of light to work with and I know these guys move fast. Well done.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on August 4, 2010 at 7:10 PM

Nice image quality and clean setup. Just a bit static for my tastes.

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on August 5, 2010 at 3:42 AM

A lovely image Joel - I especially like the pose, plumage detail and background colours.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on August 5, 2010 at 8:28 AM

Great detail and background Joel. I'd add a little to the bottom if you have it.

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Butch Lama on August 5, 2010 at 12:20 PM

Very well executed with soothing BG,the subject pops up in the screen.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on August 6, 2010 at 3:38 PM

Excellent shot Joel, I like the background color and how it helps showcase the bird, well done.

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Comment posted by Ingrid Vekemans on August 17, 2010 at 2:00 PM

Wonderfully sharp image, great background!

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