Black Capped Chickadee

[jfranciskay]

Backyard feeder setup. Heavy overcast in the am.




Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Lens: 500.0 mm
Focal Length: 700.0mm
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 1/160
ISO equiv: 400

[Grace Scalzo]

The heavy overcast worked in your favor, as the whites and blacks look quite nice. While everything looks fine, I feel as if the image is just a bit lacking, perhaps try adding something to your perch, some greens, some berries, whatever to put it over the top. And maybe a thinner perch for this wee birdie. (I'm trying to improve my set ups as well in this regard).

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Very nice look-back pose, soft light, sharpness and BG. I would run NR on the BG and agree with Grace that a more interesting perch would make this even stronger.

[Danny Laredo]

Nice pose and detail. Agree about the perch.

[Tony Whitehead]

Love the colour palette. I think burning in the perch a little may help and I would try to decentre the bird a little,

[Mike Milicia]

Great pose, detail and BG, and nice job with the exposure!

Would like to see a bit more room on the right.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

This one is really good. Nice smooth BG and bird very sharp and well exposed. Loved the feather details. Light conditions have helped...u can feel almost feel the softness in the feathers.

[Monte Brown]

Excellent image, very sharp good soft light.

Monte Brown

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Lovely bird and killer BG. I also believe that a more ''stylish'' perch would improve this one more.