Same Perch, Different Bird

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A chestnut-Backed Chickadee on the same perch reversed and hopefully better lined up with the focal plane than the last one.

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Pertinent technical details or techniques:

7DII, Sigma 150-600 C @ 516 mm, gimbal head mounted to blind window, f/8, 1/500, iso 1600, manual exposure. Processed in LR & PS CC. Noise reduction with Neat Image. Feather and perch enhancement with Topaz Detail. The left side of the image had some rather dingy looking our of focus stuff and I painted over it with the colors from the right side. Cropped to 4314x3042 before resizing. Taken at 10:10 am on October 14th under partly cloudy skies (just starting to clear up).

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Nice pose. Neat perch and I like that it is all in focus, given that the perch has been nicely sculpted by nature.