Black-capped Chickadee.

[Karl Egressy]

This image was taken about two weeks ago.
Thanks for looking.

Canon 1D MIV
Canon 500 f4.0
ISO 400
f7.1
1/1000 s

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Wow, what a shot, Karl. Excellent exposure with lovely details through out. Pose is killer and I love the snow on the perch. Love it.

[Satish Ranadive]

Magnificent image.
Love the pose,head turn,beautiful colors and superb details.Great perch and BG.

Regards,
Satish.

[Gary Esman]

Hi karl, this is awesome, not sure I would change a thing, excellent shot

Gary.

[Mark Jones]

Opening this image takes my breath away. Absolutely beautiful! Super job.

[John Chardine]

That's a nice chickadee Karl. The lighting is really beautiful. F-stop provides just the right depth of field. As your eye fixes on the eye and head, then follows the body down and to the left, the slightly soft tail releases your eye to view the perch etc. Love the perch too.

[jack williamson]

What an excellent chickadee image with a fine complimentary bg and the bird sharp and well exposed.

[David Salem]

Awesome Karl, Print it!!

[christopher galeski]

magic image,sharp,good detail,great BG,nice pose,well done.

[Kim.K.K.Lam]

Wonderful capture,nice light and great position.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Wow that is a perfect exposure if ever I saw one! Great pose and perch super background, the snow on the perch also provides added interest.
Being really critical now, is there a sharpening mask, if so does it dully extend under the chin to include his "whiskers", given the detail in the dark plumage on top of his head I would have expected just a little more under his chin.

[Karl Egressy]

Wow that is a perfect exposure if ever I saw one! Great pose and perch super background, the snow on the perch also provides added interest.
Being really critical now, is there a sharpening mask, if so does it dully extend under the chin to include his "whiskers", given the detail in the dark plumage on top of his head I would have expected just a little more under his chin.

Thanks, Jonathan.
Thanks you all for your comments.
I usually (almost always) select the bird and the perch for sharpening. Sometimes only the bird, which is not the best as Daniel pointed out once.
In this case, I'm afraid, only the bird was selected wich did not include the tiny whiskers.

[Marina Scarr]

This is one heck of an image, Karl, for all the reasons already mentioned above. It's just so pleasing to the eye.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Karl, What a great capture! Excellent perch, pose & BG. TFS.

[vishaljadhav]

Lovely image, the BG and the details are amazing, the snow adds a lot to the image
i may wish the left part of the perch being in the frame rather than cutting out of it, this for me may take it way up , however there are flip sides of including that as it may broaden the frame and get less of the bird in the frame than you wish, but then in a imperfect world that we live in

[Frank Schauf]

Excellent details, love the perch, great pose, very nice background, and nice light.

[mohammad reza shahab]

hi
Love the pose.beautiful colors and superb details.Great perch and BG.