Small Package of Energy

[jack williamson]

Setup. These little balls of energy are amoung my favorite birds. D700, 300mm, 1.4 tc, tripod. 1/250, f7.1 iso 800, popup flash for fill. Adjusted WB and cropped in ACR. S/H, USM in CS3.

[arash_hazeghi]

sweet! love the pose details and BG. the diagonal composition works nicely

[Bill Dix]

I agree. One of my favorite birds. The small-in-frame chickadee and diagonal comp work well, and BG is lovely. Nice over-the-shoulder pose. I might be tempted to address the flashed eye.

[dankearl]

Neat comp and a different and interesting perch, Jack.
The looks great, nice DOF for this shot, they can be tough to get all sharp and
yours looks very good.

[Alan Murphy]

Love the perch, comp and BG. I would take a little off the top and bottom.

[Maya Raut]

Beautiful image of this cute bird..Love the BG and comp..Agree with Alan about crop.

- Maya

[Sidharth Kodikal]

I'm loving your backyard setups, Jack. This is beautifully conceived and executed. Techs are perfect. Gorgeous bird, bg and perch (what is it?).
Would remove the extra catchlight from flash

[Satish Ranadive]

Very very sweet image.Love the composition and cute little bird.Nice BG too.

[christopher galeski]

nice one Jack,nice detail in the bird and perch,nice BG.thanks.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Jack, I like the diagonal perch, together with the pose of the little fellow. Well exposed on him, good DOF, and well placed in the frame.

[jack williamson]

Thanks everyone, I saw the steel eye after I posted. Sid I don't know what the perch is, it is the dried seed pods of a plant that grows everywhere here.

Jack