Black-Capped Chickadee

Gallery: AvianPosted December 8, 2010162 views10 comments

Taken in the same session as my previous Nuthatch post. The light wasn't quite as warm, but I liked the tones. The largish branch to the right was unfortunate, and I tried removing it,but couldn't succeed in making the result look right. I eventually resorted to adding a very light gradient layer heavily biased to the right to tone it down a bit and just left it there.

7D, 500mm f4 + 1.4TC, Black Widow on Gitzo legs, f8, 1/500, iso 400. manual exposure, cropped from 18 to 10.7 MP. Normal processing in CS4. Taken at 3:37 PM on November 23rd.

I always appreciate your comments and criticisms.

Thanks for looking,

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Michael Twaddell on December 8, 2010 at 10:14 PM

Great feather detail in this little bugger, Dennis! You already noted the obvious nit. That sure is frustrating when you have an otherwise worthy image, but just can't make it look quite right.

Registered on August 16, 2007, 199 Posts, 2132 Comments

Comment posted by Carol Hyman on December 8, 2010 at 11:32 PM

Nice pose, Dennis and good catch light in the eye. Wish I could help you removing that branch. Have you tried "Content fill"?

Cheers,

Carol

Registered on January 18, 2007, 597 Posts, 8062 Comments

Comment posted by Rob Drummond on December 8, 2010 at 11:53 PM

Great detail and light on the bird Dennis. maybe crop a little tighter (which I normally wouldn't advocate) and this might make you're cloning a little simpler?

cheers
Rob

Registered on November 8, 2003, 617 Posts, 8267 Comments

Comment posted by Wayne Willison on December 9, 2010 at 10:28 AM

Sweet. Love the little guy. I like Rob's idea for this.

Registered on April 10, 2009, 292 Posts, 3967 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Hackley on December 9, 2010 at 10:55 AM

Wonderful feather detail on the larger image, too bad about the large branch as the background colors are very nice. I was wondering if those are water droplets on the beak?
Nice job in getting this.

Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on December 9, 2010 at 11:16 AM

Very, very nice image of one of my favorite little birds. The image of the bird is so good that the branch on the right did not really distract me until I read your post and looked at it.

Registered on August 23, 2010, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on December 9, 2010 at 12:59 PM

Super detail on this Chickadee Dennis. The branch is no big deal to me, but if you want it cloned out I can take a stab at it.

Registered on December 6, 2008, 360 Posts, 7132 Comments

Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on December 10, 2010 at 7:43 AM

lovely chickadee, Dennis. I like the light and bg a lot, and don't think the extra branch is a big deal. not perfect, but not a big deal.

Registered on March 21, 2009, 202 Posts, 4187 Comments

Comment posted by Sally King on December 10, 2010 at 9:52 AM

I think the light was still quite nice and warm. Excellent details on the bird. Nice pose. I don't find that limb to be all that distracting.

Registered on December 2, 2008, 416 Posts, 4450 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Balke on December 11, 2010 at 6:53 PM

I'm fine with the image as posted, Dennis. The bird is highlighted by a golden background that really focuses my attention on it. Great detail and color. Nice pose. Interesting perch. Outstanding catchlight.

Registered on June 18, 2009, 229 Posts, 2915 Comments