(If backgrounds have been removed, etc. please be honest with your techniques to help others learn)
It is a good perch with lots of character and also a lovely bg. Chickadee picked a nice landing spot. I think the lighting comes from top left or at least left and if so nice job on lightening up this side of bird.
The chickadee does look a bit centered and a slight crop from left might be a thought. I like the curious look back pose.
Enjoyable pose, perch, and environment. I’m okay with the composition with respect to David Leroy’s comments on centering. If I were going to do anything different, I would consider clowning out the small branch that goes to the back of the tail. Nice exposure and detail on the plumage. The light is very pleasing.
Jim, I love this. The bird is a beauty and wonderful details. The perch has character. Very nicely done.
This is a very pleasant scene with the nice background and well lit bird and perch.
Very nice! – all said above. Another example of lovely color coordination of the bird and perch. For me, the structure of the perch suggests a bit of crop from the top and then removing the branch cutting across the top right. Something, probably in processing, has given a strange appearance to the OOF BG branches. If so, and if you have it on a layer, it could be masked out, or otherwise I’d consider a slight blurring of them.
Beautiful detail in the bird and foreground vegetation, Jim.I really like the composition with the framing provided by the branches.
