Black-capped Chickadee

[Jim Crosswell]

Canon 40D
100-400L IS
ISO 320
360mm
f/6.3
1/250s
tripod
remote switch

This was taken in the fall of this year. All C&Cs welcome.

[Juan Aragonés]

Composition works for me Jim but I would crop just a bit on the top and at the right of the frame (personal taste, of course). Eye contact, head turn, pose and isolation from the BG are very good. Blacks needs to be opened a bit and I think that the image is a bit on the cold side of the spectrum. I added aA round of noise reduction to the Bg, a touch of USM in the bird, selective levels adjustment in the blacks and a touch of warm to the color.

[Jim Crosswell]

Thanks Juan. I really like what you did with image!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the angle, sharpness and pose and agree on lightening the eye some more and would remove the whitewash on the perch.

[Mark Theriot]

Jim, great image and pose.

Juan, very nice processing - love what you did!

Mark

[kenn threed]

A very nice shot Jim, and Juan's repost has made it even nicer.

We have Carolina Dees here, but they are equally difficult to expose I think.

good work both,

Kenn

[Arthur Morris]

Kudos to Juan who created an excellent image from a good one. My favorite parts of the image are the head angle and the soft BKGR.

[Raymond Barlow]

very nice image Jim, and Juan, excellent repost., i like the compostion a lot.

[Harshad Barve]

Perfect HA , perch and BG here , repost by Juan takes this over the top
TFS