Carolina Chickadee

[Doug Brown]

I photographed this Carolina Chickadee using a multiple flash setup in Alan Murphy's backyard. Check out his most recent newsletter for details on the setup. It's surprisingly challenging getting everything right in a shot like this; lots of fine tuning of the flashes, perches, and triggers. But the results of your hard work can be pretty cool!

Canon 1Dx, 100-400 II @ 117 mm, f/14, 1/200, ISO 400, manual exposure, Range IR, 3 flashes

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent pose and sharp details!

[stuart wanuck]

you nailed this one!

[Allen Sparks]

Wow this is quite cool! Great in flight pose, exposure, details. Wonderful image Doug.

Allen

[Lorant Voros]

Awesome pose, great wing spread. It has Alan's signature all over it. I hope one day I can photograph in his backyard too. TFS.

[gail bisson]

Wow! It was worth all the hard work.
Love the flared wingtips and the vertical comp,
Gail

[Marina Scarr]

Looks as though you did your homework. Killer image, Doug. The movement in the wings, the light and BG came together so nicely.