They've been reported and photographed around town for a while, but they have finally showed up in my backyard. I woke up to about a hundred of these invading my feeders and trees (just a simple nyger seed tube feeder and a squirrel-proof sunflower seed feeder). These beautiful winter visitors from the arctic will hopefully hang around for the duration of the winter months. The perch is imported from my folks' cottage (I always have a selection handy for backyard setups), and the BG is the neighbour's semi-pressure treated fence.
Canon 7D + 100-400L @400mm, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/200s., f/6.3, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, a couple of larger distracting snowflakes cloned out, darkened pupil, a stuck seed patched off of the bill, about 85% FF.
This is so beautiful .Love the falling snow and the BG colors.
perch is sweet as well.
perfect pic for the holidays.This redpoll has such a pretty red wash on the chest as well,
gail
Daniel Sir:
Excellent image of Redpoll.I like the placement of bird in the frame.
Love the pose,nice colors,details,snowflakes and very interesting perch with green moss which balances the colors in the frame.
Very nice BG too.
You nailed it Daniel with excellent techs, BG, an interesting perch with the lichen in the URC that balances the image, & the falling snow takes it over the top. TFS.
Lovely all round Daniel, liking the snow flakes { something I have never seen } perch is rather nice as well, that's quite some entertaining backyard you have
Love the curious pose, the bird, the BKGR, and the soft light and mood. But especially the curious pose. Way to go!
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Nice bird, pose and perch. The background is quite complementary. There are a few reported around here from time to time but I never seem to catch up to them. Nice job.
Moss above the bird cannot be sharpened that much -- its really out of the focal plane. What Daniel could do is a couple of stacked focus images next time to capture the perch in full focus.
That being said, this is an excellent pose for this bird. That quizzical look is great. I do like the perch as well.
Daniel - send some of these our way. We don't often get them west of the Cascades in Oregon, and they are scarce even east of here.
Hi Dan, love the winter feel to this, as the falling snow says it all. Excellent detail on the redpoll, sharp, and what a perfect pose you have captured. The lichen covered perch looks good too.
An exquisite composition Daniel - the winter scene, the beautiful Redpoll, the interesting perch and your groovy neighbours fence in the BG, and all this captured in your backyard..!!
The Redpolls Have Arrived!!
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