Black Capped Chickadee

Spotted this little fellow on a walk a few days ago. Got a few images, but liked this one for the pose.

Oly E5
300/2.8
EC20
600mm FL
F8
IS-1
1/400th

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...hickchick4.jpg

Charles,

Sharpness is good; however, I'm not a huge fan of this pose & head angle. If the bird was looking a bit more up and towards you the image would be stronger. The background is also somewhat noisy, and could stand round or two of noise reduction. I also believe the size of the image you posted is larger than the maximum per BPNs guidelines.

Ryan

Thank you Ryan, I have reduced the size of the image to 1024 pixels on the longest size.

I had an itching feeling that the head angle was going to kill it for some, so thanks!

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Originally Posted by Charles Daigle

Thank you Ryan, I have reduced the size of the image to 1024 pixels on the longest size.

I had an itching feeling that the head angle was going to kill it for some, so thanks!

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Charles,

1024 on the longest side is still too large. The guidelines state for horizontal oriented images, 1024 on the long side is the largest they can be; however, for vertical oriented images like yours, 800 px on the longest side is the maximum size.

Ryan

So that's why I usually don't shoot portrait :D