Chickadee Tightrope

[Coldow91]

Straight from camera, 55-200mmVR

just starting taking bird shots

let me know what you think

 

[lostprophet]

I like it but it lacks brightness in the face, I can only just make that the bird is looking towards the camera and its not the back of its head I'm looking at

 

[plastii]

The focusing is kind of soft, and I guess the ISO was pretty high. Other than that looks nice

 

[Phranquey]

Not bad for just getting started. Carolina Chickadees are notoriously difficult to photograph. First, because they are small & quick, and hardly ever sit in one place for more than half a second....And second, because the black eyes are set in black feathers.

You need to brighten your exposure a bit, almost to the point of over-exposing the belly in order to bring out the detail in the face. And, as with most wildlife....especially birds, always remember the catchlight in the eye(s).

 

[Ron Evers]

I would be inclined to crop the pic quite severely.

 

[Phranquey]

I would be inclined to crop the pic quite severely.

If you're talking about mine, I agree. I did for my album, but for this, I just pulled it out of the file and resized it real quick as an example.

 

[sabbath999]

Just a bit of PP in CaptureNX... cleaned up the bird a bit, lightened the face and neck with a control point, cleaned out the noise painting with blur, and popped up the brightness and saturation of the green a bit... and a touch of sharpening... total time on task 4 minutes.

I think it helps a bit... although I am editing an extremely small JPEG so the quality deteriorates rapidly due to the file limitations. It is amazing what just the smallest smudge of PP can do to an image.

 

[Coldow91]

Thanks it looks great. I just don't have any pp software on the comp I am using now.

Thanks for the comments

 

[Ron Evers]

If you're talking about mine, I agree. I did for my album, but for this, I just pulled it out of the file and resized it real quick as an example.

I was responding to the OP but the same comment held for yours as well.

If you check my post today about Photobucket being slow you will also see a pic of a Chickadee I took today.