Black Capped Chickadee

Gallery: AvianPosted March 20, 2011167 views12 comments

Sorry I haven't been participating lately. Life got busy and the weather has been atrocious for photography. We had a decent day yesterday, but by the time I got out, it had clouded up. However, a very nice bonus just about equaled the cost of a 1DIV this spring, so I took the plunge. Given the high iso performance I thought I'd give it a try. I am very impressed with the autofocus, and it feels like it has a more natural aim to me than my 7D (not sure what that's about).

I liked the pose in this one.

1DMkIV, 500mm f4 + 1.4TC, Black Widow on Gitzo legs, f5.6, 1/800, iso 3200. Av mode, -1.0 compensation. Cropped from 17 to 7MP. Noise reduction using Neat Image, processed in CS4.

I always appreciate your comments and criticisms.

Thanks for looking,

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Gary Marquart on March 21, 2011 at 12:48 AM

Dennis, welcome back, was wondering what happened to ya. I could use a bonus like that, congradulations, but too bad it's not a Nikon.

I like the pose too, and the great detail in the bird. I see noise in the background but at ISO-3200 that can be expected.

Registered on October 24, 2009, 126 Posts, 799 Comments

Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on March 21, 2011 at 4:21 AM

Exactly what Gary said !!! I'm a Nikon fan too !!!

Mauro

Registered on January 21, 2010, 650 Posts, 2500 Comments

Comment posted by richard remington on March 21, 2011 at 8:24 AM

Dennis,

I love the pose! This bird appears to be puffing out his chest to say "Look at me". Congrats on getting so close.

Rick

Registered on March 12, 2010, 105 Posts, 368 Comments

Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on March 21, 2011 at 9:23 AM

congrats on the great bonus, Dennis! that high ISO performance should help in the conditions up there. a nice proud pose on a good perch. might try reducing brightness on the bg branches a little, especially the ones coming out of his head.

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

Comment posted by S Govindarajan on March 21, 2011 at 2:20 PM

Nice capture and very well composed, Dennis! Perfect pose and perch. The vertical composition goes very well with the pose and the horizontal perch.

The whites on the top of the cheek seem a little hot. Rest of the image look very well exposed. I also notice some noise in the background in the larger version. Perhaps another round of noise reduction is called for?

Registered on April 19, 2008, 115 Posts, 1921 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on March 21, 2011 at 5:57 PM

Welcome to the world of the Mk 4 Dennis. I think you will like the camera a lot. I like this shot.

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

Comment posted by KC Choo on March 21, 2011 at 7:57 PM

With NR, ISO3200 is workable with this body. The bird looks good - wish the OOF twig wasn't there.

Registered on November 15, 2004, 519 Posts, 8278 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Dudley on March 21, 2011 at 8:01 PM

Big congrats on the new camera Dennis and welcome back. I like the proud pose but some of the whites do seem to be lacking in detail and I can also see some noise, but hey - ISO 3200! Amazing.

Registered on March 30, 2007, 437 Posts, 10915 Comments

Comment posted by Wayne Willison on March 21, 2011 at 8:29 PM

Congrats on the new purchase, Dennis. The MkIV is a real machine. I like the image, also.

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

Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on March 21, 2011 at 9:20 PM

Hi Dennis. I've been MIA myself so welcome back to you. I like this image as well as these little guys. My only nit is the oof branch in the bg comming out of his head. I have many of these yet I don't feel it's so bad that it's worth the trouble removing as I think that would be quite hard Sweet pose and little feet.

Registered on June 30, 2009, 300 Posts, 5051 Comments

Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on March 21, 2011 at 9:22 PM

Bye the way I just ordered an MIII and was supposed to have it on Friday or today. As bad luck would have it UPS says it is "LOST IN TRANSIT" soooo dissapointing. Congratulations to you

Registered on June 30, 2009, 300 Posts, 5051 Comments

Comment posted by Graham Brown on March 22, 2011 at 3:54 PM

I'm really feeling left behind now since many folk on this forum have swapped their 7D for the Mk4. I don't blame you and good luck with it , you will find the benefit of using higher iso's a real bonus in poor light conditions. Graham

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