Brown Creeper

[Ryan Schain]

Brown Creeper - I have always had major problems shooting this species.

Canon EOS 7D
Canon EF 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 L IS

1/160
f/6.3
400 mm
ISO 400
+1/3 EV

[Randy Stout]

Chris:

An attractive little fellow, like his coloration. He would be more engaging if his head was more our way.
I wish he separated a bit better from the back ground. It has enough similar tonal values that he doesn't really pop very well. A touch of fill flash might have helped in that regard. Might also consider a small crop from left to reduce the dominance of the trunk.

Cheers

Randy

[Ryan Schain]

Chris:

An attractive little fellow, like his coloration. He would be more engaging if his head was more our way.
I wish he separated a bit better from the back ground. It has enough similar tonal values that he doesn't really pop very well. A touch of fill flash might have helped in that regard. Might also consider a small crop from left to reduce the dominance of the trunk.

Cheers

Randy

Thanks for the feedback Randy. Good idea on cropping some of the left, I'll give it a shot. I also agree with you on the head angle, and how the bird blends in. These little birds are so ridiculously difficult to photograph, it can be so frustrating to get a good head angle with them :-(.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Ditto Randy;s comments . Excellent exposure and detail Ryan. Many thanks for sharing.

[Ilija Dukovski]

Too bad for the HA but this is excellent considering the species.
Getting a decent HA from this bird is the challenge.

[David Gancarz]

There does seem to be a slight blue cast, at least on my monitor -- top of bill and along margins of breast and neck. I've never tried photographing one of these, but from watching them I can appreciate the problems a photographer would have with them constantly moving around the tree trunk!