Chestnut Back Chickadee

Another one from Saturday morning. The plumage of most of the chickadees I saw that morning was pretty matted from foraging in wet leaves. I liked the pose of this guy and the way it mimics the line of elderberries. In retrospect, I should have stopped down another couple of notches to get the fruit sharper.

7D, 500mm f4 + 1.4TC, Black widow on Gitzo legs, f7.1, 1/800, iso 500, Av mode with -2/3 comp to keep from blowing out the whites on the cheek, cropped to 35% of the original. Normal processing in CS4.

I always look forward to your comments and criticisms.

Thanks for looking.