My First Boreal Chickadee!

[Daniel Cadieux]

Last week I went to Algonquin Park specifically to photograph some Pine Martens, but the Boreal Chickadee was also a target species as some have been hanging out near a suet feeder all winter. I only got to see one (twice) for fleeting glimpses, but luckily for me on the first showing it chose an OK perch for long enough to take a few frames (not the one I was hoping for, but still good enough). Not a bad souvenir for my first ever sighting of the species

Canon 7D + 500mm f/4 II, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/125s., f/4, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, about 75% FF, usual eye work, smoothed out an oof branch in lower left corner.

[John Robinson]

Nice one Dan . Pity about the tail but the rest of the bird makes up for it !!
Great BG too !- just that hint of tonal/colour difference.
John

[Roy Priest]

Congrats Daniel, I went out looking for them this weekend too but didn't see one. Lots of detail and nice BG.

[Grace Scalzo]

Sweet image, just love the colors of the bird and the bg. I'm sure that this was a thrill for you, and thanks for sharing it.

[Diane Miller]

Sweet, with your usual perfect specs!

What would you think about removing the small branch that acts as a visual extension of the tail?

[Tim Harding]

I think I know where you took this - not much light in there so a great job getting this capture.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Dan, excellent angled pose, and love the soft light in this. Well done on the overall exposure, good plumage detail showing up, and your BG finishes off the image nicely.

[William Dickson]

Very nice Dan. I love how the image has a softness feeling about it, even though it is perfectly sharp. Great BG which shows the bird well. Beautiful head details, Great work

Will