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Chickadee honkers down in 10 degree temps starting the new year in North Eastern Oklahoma
Chickadee honkers down in 10 degree temps starting the new year in North Eastern Oklahoma
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Jan, 2018Views
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People's Choice in Spring Migration Photo Challenge
Peer Award
Top Choice
Magnificent Capture
Superb Composition
Absolute Masterpiece
All Star
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mihrt
January 08, 2018
Chickadees are amazing little birds. I will have to research them again, but pretty sure I read that they eat so much during the day so that they can go into hypothermia overnight - take their body temp so low....and they burn up what they ate during the day to the point that energy is all burnt up in the morning - but they SURVIVE the night. Truly amazing. Fabulous shot !!!
Pennegirl
June 07, 2018
Congratulations on your award on the Chickadees photo. Another Amazing Photo !
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michellegallardocroley
June 08, 2018
Congratulations on People's Choice in Spring Migration. Beautiful photo!
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Behind The Lens
Location
Sitting on a branch, just outside our front room and just inches from the glass that is always kept clean. This little guy honkers down from the 10 degree temps outside on a January 1st, New Years Day in Northern Northeast Oklahoma.Time
In the late afternoon this guy and his friends visited the bird feeder not in the frame, but just feet away. Filling up on needed energy for the night to come he rests looking in at photographer waiting.Lighting
The late afternoon sun lensed itself to bokeh type effects as it came through trees a hundred feet away. The backlighting could not have been better and the foreground lighting much the same. The reflective of the glass window in front of the Chickadee and the late afternoon sun bouncing off it, provided the lighting where no flash was needed.Equipment
The camera for this shot, that produced such good results was my current trusty Sony A77. The lens on the camera when I took the pictures was and is my favorite 70-300mm Sony AF lens. I used my monopod, as I stood back from the window in the darken room, just past 10 feet.Inspiration
This guy and other Chickadee's frequent our feeders most days of the year. But on many freezing days they come to the window and even peck on the window, as if begging to come in. Such actions inspire the best of photographers to grab their equipment and shot the little guys, in hope of capturing something good!Editing
Yes, this little Chickadee got some post processing, in the way of Corel Paintshop Pro and as well as some Topaz Lab tools. Not much cropping was needed as I have a bad habit of shooting most shots full frame, but I used the Topaz Lab Adjust tool to pull some detail that was lost because of the extra 2 layers of glass, I was shooting through.In my camera bag
My backpack camera bag has at least three lens in it at all times. My favorite portrait Sony F1.4 50mm lens, a 70-300 mm Sony Macro lens and usually a fisheye lens, with at least 6 protective/filter lens. I always have more than 4 extra batteries, cleaning fluid and wipes, rags, flash, writing pad and pen and sometimes mounted on the top of the backpack is my tripod. Of late I have a monopod attached to the camera, that I use just as much as a handle as I do for mounting the camera for even more steadiness.Feedback
I plan and stage many of my shots now, thou many don't like those words. I believe you get results with planning and good staging and would recommend it to all. I like most of all, true nature shots when shooting natures beauty. I don't want to see the man made objects of our world so much when shooting objects of nature, which brings in the planning. This shot could have easily had a window pane and or window sill in it, but with planning and staging, there is none. If you can, I would say, "plan and stage your shots, when at all possible". Be creative! Russell
