ChestnutBacked Chickadee

Gallery: AvianPosted February 13, 201483 views6 comments

Another from Sunday morning. I struggled with the crop for this one, trying the 2x3 and square crops and finally settling for 4x5 as a compromise. Te image does not need straightening-this was a slanted branch that it landed on.

1Div, 500mm f4 ISL + 1.4TC, Black Widow head mounted to blind, f5.6, 1/1250, iso 800 Av mode with +2/3 compensation. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Cropped to 8.5MP. Cloned some badly oof snow along part of the bottom. Taken at 9:58 am under cloudy skies on February 9th.

Your comments and criticisms are always appreciated.

Thanks for looking,

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Hans Overduin on February 13, 2014 at 3:47 PM

Looks like a snowboarder

. Nice shot, wonderful colors ! I like the composition as you presented it ! Congrats. Hans

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on February 13, 2014 at 4:57 PM

I say it's good to venture out of the box sometimes when composing..
But then, it's in a box isn't it

You techs are right on the money Dennis, the little one looks gorgeous man

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Comment posted by Rebecka on February 13, 2014 at 6:00 PM

Beautiful shot and comp; stunning feather detail on large version.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on February 13, 2014 at 9:22 PM

I really like this chickadee and the nice details and chestnut sides. My mind's eye is telling me this is tilted...the center of gravity of the bird just doesn't match the stance...almost making it look like it is frozen onto the perch! A very interesting composition! Sharon

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on February 16, 2014 at 5:57 AM

Wonderful detail and perch Dennis - maybe a little off the top and more on the bottom??

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on February 23, 2014 at 8:46 PM

I like this composition as is Dennis,
the detail, the perch and the first tracks in the snow are outstanding . . .

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