Chickadee

[jack williamson]

This bird was on an althea branch close to seed that I had put out.

Nikon D700, 300mmf2.8, tripod. 8:45 a.m.

1/400, f7.1, iso640, hot shoe mounted sb900 flash, -2 2/3 comp

Adjusted exposure, vibrance, contrast in acr, color balance, small curves, usm in cs3

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Excellent pose, branch, bg, perch and especially exposure.
Great work with the flash to get details in both white and black.
Just love the perch and the pose. The comp is just perfect too.
Very well done!

[annmpacheco]

great use of flash for the blacks and whites. I really like the leafed branch and BG. Nice portrait, eye contact is spot on! TFS

[Bob Miller]

jack...nice exposure and good detail in the feathers. The only problem i see is the oof leaf between his legs

[wendell westfall]

Jack: Agree with Bob on the leaf. And the tail feathers look a bit soft to me; otherwise a beautiful bird.

[Kerry Perkins]

Jack, looks really good to me! Love that background and the color, detail, and exposure are spot on. Nice job! I really like the soft light with the fill flash so nicely controlled.

[Hazel Grant]

agree with good eye contact and use of flash. feather sharpness clear, too.

[noelle zaleski]

Sweet image Jack! I love these little ones :S3:

[jack williamson]

Thank you all. It has been mostly overcast here for weeks and flash has been almost a given. I have

experimented with different settings and also learned a thing or two about flash from my last post.

As always thanks for all input.

Jack

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Nice and as mentioned the flash compensation was an excellent choice I like the aperture selection too, nice DoF and composition is sweet. Love the foot on the leaf.