Back to reality - Common Redpoll.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I'm interrupting my recent Florida images to bring you one from my first outing since coming back home into the cold winter climate. I was hanging out with fellow BPN member Stephen Stephen when we stumbled onto this beautiful male Common Redpoll perched about 8 inches off the ground, all fluffed up and basking in the beautiful sunshine to absorb (and keep) as much warmth as possible.

...back to Florida images shortly:)

Canon 40D + 100-400L @370mm, aperture priority, evaluative metering, 1/1000s., f/8, ISO 400, +1 EC, handheld, just about full-frame.

[Grady Weed]

Now that is more like what I am having for weather right now! Love the colors, red, and the determined look in the eyes. He is wishing he were in Florida right now!

[Robert Amoruso]

Daniel,

Like the position of the perch. Bird all fluffing up make him impressive in the frame. The snow BG presents a pleasing backdrop

[Randy Stout]

Daniel:

Very nice. Excellent exposure, snow looks nice and white, without blowing out the bird. Sharp, nice DOF, good head angle, nice comp. I like that the perch is the right size for this bird, nice sense of scale to it.

The fluffed up look is a real bonus, really emphasizes the cold, adds to the story your picture tells.

Thanks

Randy

[Joe Senzatimore]

Wonderful image. Comp. and exposure are great. I know how you feel about the cold. Two weeks in Florida just wasn't enough. More next year.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

You have really captured the feeling of the cold weather in the fluffed up feathers of this little redpol. I like this a lot Daniel and the composition is excellent with an wonderful BG. Congratulations !!!

[Stephen Stephen]

Dan great image here. Good angle considering that you had to shoot down from the top of frozen snow bank. This male was very colourful.

Judy "cold" wasn't really the adjective I would have used that morning. Frigid would be more like it! :D