This black capped Chickadee is one of the few birds I’ve seen around my feeders in the last few days. This was taken this morning under fairly cloudy skies. Yes, it is a tight crop.
The perch is a piece of pumice from Mount Saint Helens; the original owner of my home did some landscaping with some Mount Saint Helens rock, unless of course it wound up here from the original eruption…
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Hi David, this a nice portrait of a bird that is common in CT too. The soft green BG sets him off well and the pumice provides a nice change of pace from the typical branch. I see lots of detail in the feathers and like his downward stance, as if he’s ready for take off.
A nice composition, David. Detail looks good. My only nit is the out of focus foreground pumice on the lower right, but it’s not too bad-maybe a touch of dodging to de-emphasize it?
I like the pose and excellent detail in the chickadee. Background sets the bird off nicely. I find my eye directed so strongly at the bird, I really don’t take in the OOF rock.
