BlackCapped Chickadee

Gallery: AvianPosted September 25, 2010139 views15 comments

Some sun finally coincided with a bit of free time and I managed to get out for the last half hour of light after dinner tonight. This Chickadee was nice enough to cooperate.

The late evening light maxed out the red channel in the brightest areas, but it seemed to be what I saw, so I didn't make any adjustments.

7D, 500mm f4 + 1.4TC, Black Widow on Gitzo legs, f6.3, 1/320, iso 500, Av mode with -1/3 compensation. Normal processing in CS4, NR with Neat Image. Cropped to 64% of the original. Taken at 6:43 pm today (about 12 minutes before sunset).

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on September 25, 2010 at 1:28 AM

Some very pretty late afternoon lighting on this one Dennis

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on September 25, 2010 at 3:23 AM

I agree, pretty light. I like the intense blue sky in the background as well. Attractive B.C. Chicadee photo.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on September 25, 2010 at 6:39 AM

Love the last rays Dennis

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by John Kerr on September 25, 2010 at 8:07 AM

Wonderful light Dennis. Another fantastic image full of great detail.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on September 25, 2010 at 8:37 AM

I've seldom, if ever, seen this species presented in such nice warm light Dennis. I like the effect. Good detail in the blacks without blowing the whites. I like the look of the blues in the background and your composition.

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Comment posted by KC Choo on September 25, 2010 at 9:27 AM

What the others have already mentioned, the light is very intense - and nice!

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Comment posted by Sally King on September 25, 2010 at 11:42 AM

The light is so warm and welcoming making for a very pleasing image to view. Very good details and a nice pose to boot.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on September 25, 2010 at 12:16 PM

Very pleasing image with very nice light.

Well done.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on September 25, 2010 at 5:22 PM

A handsome chickadee complemented by great light. Sweet portrait Dennis!!!

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on September 25, 2010 at 8:48 PM

Beautiful light Dennis, the warm tones against the blue sky are great. Nice pose, wonderful eye contact. Very appealing as presented.

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Comment posted by denise ippolito on September 25, 2010 at 9:45 PM

Excellent details and nice lighting. The blue BG is special.

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on September 26, 2010 at 11:30 AM

Dennis,
very appealing image with warm light and beautiful colors.

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Comment posted by Steve Balke on September 26, 2010 at 1:44 PM

I too found the lighting here to be very attractive, Dennis. You mentioned that the light in the red channel was maxed out in the brightest areas. I tried seeing it using Levels in PS. Some areas of the birds cheek were close to maxing out but all told it looks great to me. Again I find that you we are able to clearly see the chickadee's eye in your image too!

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on September 27, 2010 at 7:40 AM

I like how the very late light has warmed things up, nice catchlight too Dennis.
Nice & sharp, the blues of the BG look great here..
Well done

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Comment posted by May Haga on September 29, 2010 at 5:30 PM

Great light, nicely captured Dennis.
May

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