Boreal Chickadee

Gallery: AvianPosted December 1, 2013154 views9 comments

Canon 1D-X, 300mm f2.8, handheld
f3.5, 1/250, ISO1800

Taken at about solar noon. This time of year, there's just not much light. As aggravating as it is for a photographer, it's a real problem for wintering birds, who must pack 24 hours critical food energy finding into about 3.5 hours of daylight, all at -20 F.

The low light performance of the 1D-X is impressive. 50% of full frame. Selective sharpening.

C & C, please. Thanks for looking.

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on December 2, 2013 at 1:31 AM

Delightful little bird - sweet pose, great colours, nice BG - very nice image!
Sure don't envy birds or humans up there..
Sandy

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on December 2, 2013 at 7:57 AM

"The low light performance of the 1D-X is impressive."
I agree Jim, excellent low light result!
It's amazing how they're able to fair so well under these conditions, well done

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on December 2, 2013 at 11:31 AM

I'd never suspect those shooting parameters from the image - nice results for so little light.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on December 2, 2013 at 1:04 PM

Beautiful, Jim. Excellent detail and a sweet pose. The Chickadees may only have 4 hours, but that gives the owls 20!

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on December 2, 2013 at 7:26 PM

Excellent detail, Jim, and impressive performance on the 1D-X.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on December 2, 2013 at 8:23 PM

Jim, I can't imagine shooting (or living) in those conditions and you've handled them admirably here. Great little bird, IQ exceptional for the conditions and I like your composition and the feeding behavior. Exceptionally well done.

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Comment posted by Genny K. on December 3, 2013 at 10:02 PM

You can tell he's cold; he's really fluffed up! Nice one, Jim!
Hey, a warm spell is supposed to roll across the state in the next couple days.

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Comment posted by Robert Bunch on December 4, 2013 at 12:10 AM

Nice job in the low light. The seed in the beak adds a lot to this shot. I also like the fluffy look.

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on December 5, 2013 at 2:28 PM

Jim it must be tough to just live up there never mind take pictures.
This bird looks really nice puffed up against the cold and looks like your camera copes very well with your conditions.

Keith.

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