White-breasted Nuthatch.

[Daniel Cadieux]

These guys, along with the chickadees, are day savers when it is slow otherwise. Here I place an open small bag of seeds on top of my backpack placed just below the frame (I could have placed the bag directly on the ground but this perch was naturally fixed in place and I wanted to clear some unsightly vegetation that was down there).

Canon 7D + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/250s., f/5.6, ISO 800, natural light, handheld (elbows on one knee), the BG the forest floor that was covered with fallen autumn leaves.

[Grant Yang]

NIcely done. I love the colorful background. What kind of seeds do you use?

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Daniel, you sure know how to lure in the species (all the species!)

[Daniel Cadieux]

Thanks guys. Grant, black oil sunflower seeds work best in my experience for nuthatches and chickadees (and a few other species).

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent light pose and details Dan

[christopher galeski]

very nice image,love that BG,nice natural pose,good light,sharp with good detail.

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Daniel, classic pose, excellent detail, a real corker of a BKG, doesn't get much better.

TFS
Steve

[Randy Stout]

Daniel;

THe color 'harmony' is what makes this image for me. Very pleasant to look at, nice handling of the large perch.

Cheers

Randy

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Dan, comp works well, and great detail captured on the little fellow. Well thought out to have the BG as it is - the colours certainly takes the image up a few notches.

[Bill Dix]

Perfect Nuthatch pose. Beautiful colors, well conceived image.

[vishaljadhav]

wow the design is fantastic, i love the IQ and the exposure, very nicely done

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Very nice Daniel. Great pose and a sweet BG

[Holger Leyrer]

Excellent pose. Wonderful background, terrific comp, and excellent details.

[gail bisson]

The classic nuthatch pose done "a la cadieux" which means great comp and IQ and techs!
gail

[Karl Egressy]

Classic pose, superb IQ and excellent composition, Daniel.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the pose, HA, IQ, details, colourful BG, perch and composition. Excellent image Daniel!