Black Capped Chickadee

Gallery: AvianPosted September 12, 201390 views5 comments

I stopped at the blind on the River S loop at Ridgefield Sunday and there were several chickadees working the cattails. I found it interesting that they were in the old pollen area rather than the seeds.

1Div, 500mm f4 ISL + 1.4TC, monopod, f8, 1/250, iso640, Av mode with -2/3 compensation. Processed in CS6 and cropped to 4.6MP (unfortunately getting closer wasn't an option). Taken September 8th at 8:43 am.

Your comments and criticisms are always appreciated.

Thanks for looking,

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by John Jeevaratnam on September 12, 2013 at 10:16 PM

Nice shot Dennis. I do like the cattails and the blades of grass. I would have cleaned out the feathers of the bird by cloning and kept only the food around the beak. I like the falling bits of food.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on September 13, 2013 at 7:39 AM

Neat photo! I like the way you have all of those lines leading to the bird. I would not change a thing with this photo, except being a little closer which you have already addressed. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on September 13, 2013 at 8:43 AM

neat shot, Dennis. I like the comp a lot as well as the setting. all the falling debris from the chickadee is cool too. not a habitat I associate with chickadees either!

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on September 13, 2013 at 12:11 PM

Too bad about the distance - I like the elements of this composition but really wish it was tighter. It would help show better definition and separate the eye from the dark face a bit better.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on September 16, 2013 at 10:20 PM

I have seen the chickadees doing this in the cattails myself but never photographed it, a fine behavioral image and comp Dennis

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