Chickadee

Feeder set up. This image was created in Ithaca, New York on 1/1/19 at 1:46PM. Image processed in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Hand held, Small crop.

Canon 5D MarkIV
Sigma 150-600 Contemporary
600mm
ISO 10,000
f9.0
1/200sec

Pretty SH everywhere, cool perch, perfect look back and eye. Wish for more room on top. Some will complain the perch draws more attention than the bird, but I like it. TFS
ps - can I steal that lens (complete with your skills), please...

Hi John, Being a gardener and familiar with this mid size sunflower var., I can't get past the bent 45 degree perch. The weight of the flowerhead would cause the stem to bow over etc, ... I realize this is a set-up but i'd prefer a more realistic perch. The chickadee looks soft to me, especially round the head, whites with lack of detail. Curious, what bright green BG in NY in Jan? TFS

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Originally Posted by David Roach

Pretty SH everywhere, cool perch, perfect look back and eye. Wish for more room on top. Some will complain the perch draws more attention than the bird, but I like it. TFS
ps - can I steal that lens (complete with your skills), please...

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Thanks David, you would be better off with someone else's skills on here.

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Originally Posted by annmpacheco

Hi John, Being a gardener and familiar with this mid size sunflower var., I can't get past the bent 45 degree perch. The weight of the flowerhead would cause the stem to bow over etc, ... I realize this is a set-up but i'd prefer a more realistic perch. The chickadee looks soft to me, especially round the head, whites with lack of detail. Curious, what bright green BG in NY in Jan? TFS

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Thanks Ann, I duct taped this perch to my tripod head hence the 45 degree angle. The background is my yard. Didn't have much snowfall here to recently. Was curious what people would say about the perch. Because it is rather large. Thanks for the comment.

I like the chickadee but am not a fan of the perch and those droopy leaves.
The size of the perch overwhelms the bird.
The perch is also place a bit too high. You want the bird at eye level.

I would strip the leaves off (I might leave the top 2 leaves directly under flower head), put the flower at a 60 degree angle and put seeds on the actual flower head and hope the chickadee lands on the top of the flower!
Gail

The perch isn't perfect, but I think it still works pretty well. I like how the leaves left shorter right to left, and I think the perch - though large - is positioned well in the frame with the bird on it. Bird gives a very nice profile view.