Boreal Chickadee

Gallery: AvianPosted March 10, 2010167 views17 comments

Here's a different Boreal Chickadee from my trip up north 2 weeks ago.

40d
100-400@400
1/150
F6
Iso 500
Fill @ -2

Comments

17 comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on March 10, 2010 at 10:54 AM

Sweet! I like the spruce framing the bird. The overall colors are great too. Good sharpness and just enough light on the face to make it work for me.

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Comment posted by Robert Bunch on March 10, 2010 at 11:08 AM

Nice shot and a cute bird. I like the piney perch. They sure do have tiny bills.

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Comment posted by Roy Bailey on March 10, 2010 at 11:20 AM

Excellent shot nick, nice natural framing with the pine needles.Lovely pose,detail spot on and some great colours in the background matching the colours on his flank.I am not experienced using a flash but it looks very nicely lit to me.

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Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on March 10, 2010 at 12:12 PM

A perfect shot Nick! I'd like to see your honest opinion on mine. Thanks.
Mauro

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on March 10, 2010 at 2:03 PM

Cute bird nicely framed.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on March 10, 2010 at 2:24 PM

Beautiful, Nick. This came out with a very painterly look.

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Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on March 10, 2010 at 3:05 PM

Very nice!
Congrats

D&L

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on March 10, 2010 at 5:18 PM

Not as successful as the previous version - the bill gets lost too easily against the black bib for me.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on March 10, 2010 at 7:40 PM

NIck,

Loving the larger version - I think the bird can be lightened up just a touch

- Luke

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Comment posted by Michael Lotito on March 10, 2010 at 8:14 PM

I have never seen this one. I am used to the black capped verity. Beautiful detail!

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on March 10, 2010 at 8:34 PM

beautiful. I love the pine perch and look on his face

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Comment posted by KC Choo on March 11, 2010 at 12:35 AM

Nice one, Nice - one of my targets still!

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Comment posted by Satie Sharma on March 11, 2010 at 4:03 AM

Very cool, Nick. Lovely detail, setting and pose here.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on March 11, 2010 at 5:59 AM

Really like the setting here Nick, possibly more than the previous shot.

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on March 11, 2010 at 1:52 PM

Very nice, I like the setting for this one Nick.

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Comment posted by Steve Balke on March 12, 2010 at 5:30 PM

Quite different than the black capped version of this bird I'm used to seeing, Nick! Very fine detail, colors and perch. Nice viewing angle but you could have used a catch light in the eye. [I'm amazed at how long the list of desirable attributes is for a bird image!!] Anyway, this one looks great as posted.

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on March 12, 2010 at 5:30 PM

Nick,

This is a beautiful bird and a lovely image. I prefer the previous image because the bill stood out more but I'd be happy to have either of them in my files because I have yet to photograph this species!

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