While out for a while yesterday, I caught this Black Capped Chickadee working on this ice sickle. I realized that it wasn't ice it was sap from a broken limb. It "fed" on it for several minutes, about as long as one stays in any one place.
Olympus E510 Sigma 50-500mm lens @ 1000mm eq F9 1/1000 ISO 400
Posted by Bruce Palla on February 12, 2010 at 7:22 PM
Neat shot, Kendall, but I think there's a bit too much BG. Maybe a crop?
Posted by Philip Schwarz on February 13, 2010 at 9:57 AM
Nice shot. It is hard enough to get one of these to stay still for a photo let alone on an ice sickle. I agree a crop would strengthen the photo.
Posted by Chuck Beatty on February 13, 2010 at 12:18 PM
I like the way the chickadee is framed by the branches, Hanging off the icicle is a major bonus.
Posted by Anthony Gibson on February 17, 2010 at 4:50 PM
Great capture here. If it were mine I would take a little off the bottom and add some to the right (if it is cropped) as a normal 35mm format would go with the lines of the branches imo. I would most likely desaturate the orange/reds on the background branch so it does not compete for the eye's attention. A little contrast adjustment to pull a few details out of the highlights in the head, and you have got a winner here!
Posted by Toni Lankerd on February 20, 2010 at 9:30 AM
Nice capture, Kendall..I agree with the suggested crops.
Late last winter I noticed several birds going after the frozen sap on a Maple tree here, including Red-Bellied Woodpeckers and Nuthatches on the trunk of the tree when the sap was running down.
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Late last winter I noticed several birds going after the frozen sap on a Maple tree here, including Red-Bellied Woodpeckers and Nuthatches on the trunk of the tree when the sap was running down.