My Chickadee series :)

The recent bad weather here made me appreciate the chickadee more, hope you like them too!

Nice series, I like the 3rd one with his head all tweak around like he is trying to figure out what is going on with you. Kind of like a dog that tilts its head when you make a weird noise.

I think you're starting something here Jo: 'post your reflection in the bird's eye'
Great close up detail with these little fellas

The shots are very good Jo, with great poses, perches, backgrounds and detail. A pity about the blown whites though. But still, good shots.

^^^^^Sorry, have to agree, they are a bit bright^^^^^^

No Angle wrote in post #14095522
Nice series, I like the 3rd one with his head all tweak around like he is trying to figure out what is going on with you. Kind of like a dog that tilts its head when you make a weird noise.

Thanks NoA!

2slo wrote in post #14095626
I think you're starting something here Jo: 'post your reflection in the bird's eye'
Great close up detail with these little fellas

Thanks Mark . I'm in a funk right now, just love to see something in the eye but I know that this leads to having to crop it too tight hence composition is lost.

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #14095762
The shots are very good Jo, with great poses, perches, backgrounds and detail. A pity about the blown whites though. But still, good shots.

Thanks Levina, I actually toot some time in pp and try to lower the exposure on the whites so its not washed out but was not able to do it. Chic's a hard subject to expose because it has a black and white But the chic's hand out here often so plenty of time to practice

BGgraphy wrote in post #14095844
^^^^^Sorry, have to agree, they are a bit bright^^^^^^

Thanks for the comments Bret, no apologies needed

Always enjoy the chickadees and especially the uniqueness of the third image... very nice.

Dave

Very nice set Jo! Could you get any closer! # 3 is super.

You've found a real winner in that 3rd capture jodelak! Love the tilt like everyone else, but really love the background on that one and the 4th.
It may just be me, but the first 2 captures look a little "hot" to my eyes and on my monitor. Especially noticeable in the 1st capture. Maybe you were compensating for lack of sun....I know I would -

A bit bright but very nice series.
My favorite is # 3.

The 3rd image gets most of my attention...the whites will do it to you every time though...I find spot metering and manually exposing works well.especially in conjunction with the higlites alert on the lcd ..it forces you to constantly be thinking about the changing light and lets you compromise with the DOF, SS and ISO and after some practice you will have a pretty good idea from the meter how your image is going to expose...just a thought...

dbriz wrote in post #14096659
Always enjoy the chickadees and especially the uniqueness of the third image... very nice.

Dave

Thanks Dave!

Grizz wrote in post #14098289
Very nice set Jo! Could you get any closer! # 3 is super.

Thanks Craig My blind is working well

CamFan01 wrote in post #14099032
You've found a real winner in that 3rd capture jodelak! Love the tilt like everyone else, but really love the background on that one and the 4th.
It may just be me, but the first 2 captures look a little "hot" to my eyes and on my monitor. Especially noticeable in the 1st capture. Maybe you were compensating for lack of sun....I know I would -

Thanks Steve, I may have went crazy with the pp

Charles Roy wrote in post #14099330
A bit bright but very nice series.
My favorite is # 3.

Thanks Charles, when it comes to chickadees you are the benchmark. Thanks for the kind words

Gary Fairhead wrote in post #14099683
The 3rd image gets most of my attention...the whites will do it to you every time though...I find spot metering and manually exposing works well.especially in conjunction with the higlites alert on the lcd ..it forces you to constantly be thinking about the changing light and lets you compromise with the DOF, SS and ISO and after some practice you will have a pretty good idea from the meter how your image is going to expose...just a thought...

Thank you veyr much for your comments Gary. I sometimes forget how to properly expose the subject because I am too worried that I might not get the shot. But I really need to get that ISO, SS and Aperture setup nailed.

I love these little guys. Nice job. I can't wait until everything greens up around here.

You captured some great poses there Joe and as has been said, the third takes the prize.

3rd one does it for me! Nice series!

Alex