Ready for Spring

Gallery: AvianPosted March 2, 2018214 views7 comments

I'm ready for migration to start around here and some new subjects. Today was pretty slow with just this one Chestnut-backed Chickadee and a Varied Thrush giving me some good poses. The hummingbirds and swallows are due shortly.

7Dii, Sigma 150-600 C @ 335 mm, Jobu gimbal mounted to blind window, f/8, 1/800, iso 1250, aperture priority, pattern metering, -1/3 EV. Processed in LR&PS CC. Cropped to 11.2 MP. Taken at 9:11 this morning.

Your comments and critiques are appreciated.

Thanks,

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Floyd Hopper on March 2, 2018 at 7:23 PM

Beautiful. I like the bg. don't know if it is orginal, but it adds a great dimension to this great image. Also, the "catch eye" is very important when photographing birds. Some times it doesn't work, but here it did. Enjoyed seening this chicadee.

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on March 2, 2018 at 7:29 PM

Great background and perch. Really like this.

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Comment posted by Jim Gavin on March 2, 2018 at 7:31 PM

It's the background!!

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on March 3, 2018 at 9:57 AM

Very nice and balanced image, Dennis. The BG is wonderful as is the perch. No nits, it doesn't get any better than this I guess devil

, Hans

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on March 3, 2018 at 1:36 PM

A beauty - great pose, and I love the twig with both moss and lichen. perfect BG, too, whatever it is.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on March 3, 2018 at 5:49 PM

For those wondering about the background, it's just out of focus grasses with the darker reddish area in the center being dead bracken fern.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on March 3, 2018 at 7:06 PM

Lovely shot Dennis, great background, eye contact and perch devil

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