Theme: Chickadee

[Jake Levin]

Yes, another one. I know they're common and photographed six ways to Sunday, but when you have birds that are so tame they eat out of your hand, and are so darn cute to boot, it's hard to resist. Like gulls, they generally do something neat if you point a lens at them. I put a stick in the snow near a feeder at the local park, and put sunflower seeds around it to bring the birds in. Conversion and optimization was a simple detail extractor and selective sharpening on the face, plus removal of one or two white spots.

5D mkIV
500mm f/4 IS, 1.4x TC III
1/800 @ f/7.1, ISO 800
ACR/Photoshop

Think spring!
Jake

[Joseph Przybyla]

Looks good to me, Jake. Nice image of a bird I remember from when I lived in New Hampshire. The white background shows the bird and perch nicely. Thank you for sharing.

[Glenn Pure]

This is really lovely Jake. Might be common for you but not me. The high key works very well and composition looks good to me. Really nice tonal range with excellent detail right from the whites to the black/dark plumage. Nice pose as well. Nothing wrong here from my perspective.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I love these little guys (as well as the gulls!). Very photogenic as we see here. Lucky the tail cleared the top of the perch. Well exposed and sharp. I'd be tempted to raised the WB just a bit.