ChestnutBacked Chickadee

Gallery: AvianPosted January 15, 2018161 views7 comments

Sorry about not posting lately. I've been fighting the flu, redoing my file storage and getting LightRoom re-established after it fell apart trying to do the latest "upgrade". I finally got back out to the blind for an hour or so this morning and stuck up a couple of branches from our native hawthorn that my wife had recently pruned out. They're just a perfect size for small birds and the thorns add a touch of interest, though they don't have all the cute moss that David's beautiful perches have.

7DII, Sigma 150-600 C @ 403 mm, Jobu Gimbal mounted to blind window, f/8, 1/250, iso 2000, aperture priority, pattern metering, -1/3 EV. Processed in LR & PS CC. Cropped to 14.7 MP. Minor adjustments to exposure, saturation and detail. Taken at 8:56 am today.

Your comments and critiques are always appreciated.

Thanks,

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by David Schoen on January 15, 2018 at 10:02 PM

Excellent!! Terrific detail and color balance. And the tan background goes really well with the chestnut color of the Chickadee.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on January 15, 2018 at 10:05 PM

Nicely taken! Don't see these around my area, or at least I don't. Good detail and colors. I like how you captured the various shades in the head and neck areas. Also like your composition, and agree the thorns to add to the image. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Jim Gavin on January 15, 2018 at 10:59 PM

another wonderful image. Keep them coming

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on January 16, 2018 at 4:50 PM

Great background, perch and detail Dennis, a touch more of a head turn would put this over the top imo. Sweet shot! devil

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Comment posted by Allen Brooks on January 17, 2018 at 12:05 PM

Glad to hear you survived the flu. Nice pose and good detail against the clean background. I can usually tell its your photo from a quick glance at the thumbnail-not sure if it is because of your great backgrounds or because these are the same birds I see in my backyard.

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on January 17, 2018 at 3:02 PM

Very nice well balanced image Dennis. Great detail, comp and color palette!

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on January 17, 2018 at 6:02 PM

Hi Dennis,

I came close to getting some nice shots of this species while out west and am glad that you were not thwarted in your mission. Well done......................Jim

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