This individual decided to perch on top of the snow "cloud" while waiting for its turn at the seeds. It's really fun to have these guys back in good numbers this winter after a few meager years.
Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/640s., f/5.6, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, FF, selectively used "highlights/shadows" to recover the whites on the snow, eye work, minor bill clean up.
Great pose, love that it's perched on the snow on top of the perch, don't see that too often. The red head and buff chest pop nicely here and the snow effect adds great interest.
Hi Daniel ... really cool image .
The snowy/icy perch is making the difference for me , for sure in combo with the falling snow .
Super colors in the subject !!!
Is there some haloing going on around the icy perch ? From the S/H command in PS ??? Or is the darker area just something OOF ....??
A Cadieux winter classis. I see no halos and no angels either.
with love, artie
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