ChestnutBacked Chickadee

Gallery: AvianPosted January 4, 2014114 views6 comments

Another from yesterday afternoon. A cloud was partially obscuring the sun and the image was a bit cold so I warmed it a bit with WB.

1Div, 500mm f4ISL 1.4TC, Black Widow Gimbal mounted to blind window, f9, 1/160, Av mode with -1 stop compensation, iso 1000. Processing in LR5 and CS6. Cropped to 10.4MP. Taken January 3rd at 3:40 pm.

Your comments and criticisms are very much appreciated.

Thanks for looking,

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Gary Gulash on January 5, 2014 at 12:18 AM

A good bird on a good perch! I like your background here as well Dennis. Might ask for just a bit more dof for the perch and tail.

Registered on January 28, 2005, 879 Posts, 12098 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 5, 2014 at 9:31 AM

Thanks, Gary. I would have loved a bit more dof, but with the tail pointed back like that, I probably would have needed f32 to get it all (5 cm dof at 5m distance and f32).

Darn physics keeps getting in the way of good photography.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by May Haga on January 5, 2014 at 10:41 AM

Another great shot Dennis. Wish we had these Chestnut backed here.
May

Registered on February 22, 2007, 714 Posts, 8470 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on January 5, 2014 at 8:34 PM

I've never seen one, so I can't tell if the warming was effective or not, but the image is certainly eye-pleasing! Considering the light, physics aside, I think you got the best that was there that could be caught with enough SS to stay sharp.

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Hackley on January 5, 2014 at 11:50 PM

Very nice, I like the pose, perch with lichen and that wonderful background, way to go.

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Comment posted by Ralph Kerr on January 10, 2014 at 8:06 PM

Dennis I have never seen one of these. Sure would like to. The reasons I like this picture are the handling of the whites on the side of the face, the colors in the perch, the lichen on the perch and the uncluttered BG. As mentioned the tail is OOF, but that is not a deal breaker for me. Congratulations.

Registered on January 30, 2007, 369 Posts, 852 Comments