Black-capped Chickadee in Hoar Frost

[Daniel Cadieux]

Extremely cold temperatures these past couple of weeks...pushing -40 degrees with the wind yesterday and today. I decided to layer-up and brave the weather for my first outing of 2018. The hoar frost at this location certainly provided for some beautiful winter scenery! All the birds were puffed up as well to try to keep warm. This individual was waiting for its' turn at the seed below.

Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/1250s., f/5.6, ISO 1600, natural light, handheld, FF, lightened some darker spots in the BG and FG.

[Colin Driscoll]

Does look cold! In contrast yesterday was +45 C at my place in OZ. Love the soft colors of these birds. Maybe clone out the extra white bits around the eye that look like multiple highlights?

[Randy Stout]

Daniel:

Love the frost, nice comp., screams cold!

I suspect the white areas around the eye are just tiny bits of frost, so I am ok with them. Well exposed.

Cheers

Randy

[John Mack]

Very nice. Love all that frost. Very cold here recently as well yesterday was -20 wind chill. Stay Warm.

[Isaac Grant]

This is great Daniel. I love the frost and the fluffed up Chickadee. You know I still do not have a proper image of one of them. Our weather seems balmy compared to what you have been having!

[Roger Smith]

Great job Daniel. I really appreciate the exposure challenge of retaining detail on the frost while exposing for the bird. Very nice.

[David Salem]

Nice shot of this little cutie in the snow. Nice details and exposure. Well done​

[Daniel Cadieux]

Thanks guys!

Randy, you are correct, those spots are indeed frosted drops.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the frosty setting, details, IQ, exposure and composition. Very well done Daniel!