Inspiring Photo: Black-capped Chickadee #23 #3514437

Black-capped Chickadee #23

Uploaded: March 10, 2007

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Photo was taken on March 7, 2007 at 3:27pm in Edmonds, Washington
Canon 400mm F/4 DO IS lens + Tamron 2x TC @ F/8, 1/250 second, ISO 320
Rotated, cropped, shadow/highlight, dodged, burned, +saturation, resized and sharpened in Photoshop CS
POTD at Photo-of-the-day.com on March 12, 2007
POTD at Shutterbugs.biz on March 12, 2007

Comments

David L. Luchowski March 10, 2007

Great image,Janine.Super detail and color. #618346

Paul E. Earl March 10, 2007

Fantastic capture, Janine! #4040160

Chua Wee Boo March 10, 2007

Excellent,Janine! #4040183

Richard D. Cox March 10, 2007

Wow, Janine, this is a very difficult bird to exposure properly and you nailed it. And the clarity is tack sharp. Well done. #4040191

William Johnson March 10, 2007

Fantastic colour, detail, lighting and POV, Janine. Bill J. #4040220

Husain Akhtar March 10, 2007

What a fantastic framimhg and the angle of capture, Janine! #4040247

Katarina Mansson March 10, 2007

Lovely persepctive, great colours, DOF, detail and composition! #4040266

Nadya Johnson March 10, 2007

Wow! FANTASTIC capture, Janine! This is superb! #4040274

Donald K. Cherry March 10, 2007

Gorgeous capture, Janine!! Wonderful color and detail! #4040289

Judyann Plante March 10, 2007

Magnificent capture, Janine!!! Outstanding lighting, detail and composition!

Judyann ><> #4040406

Joy Rector March 10, 2007

super capture #4040426

Sherri Gorman March 10, 2007

This is so AWESOME Janine!!! The details are incredible!!! Amazing capture!!! #4040459

Joan Kocak March 10, 2007

wow Janine, this is a really special one (as usual!) The lighting, comp and clarity are simply amazing, outstanding work- #4040495

Denise M. Snyder March 10, 2007

Absolutely amazing clarity and detail here Janine! Terrific shot! #4040546

Darren K. Fisher March 10, 2007

One of your best and that is saying a lot. I love the lighting and POV on this one. Awesome job Janine. #4040573

William Moore March 10, 2007

gorgeous details and hues #4040593

John Caruso March 10, 2007

A1 work, Janine! Simply great. #4040795

Dominick M. Dimacale March 10, 2007

Very lovely capture here Janine...Dominick #4041052

cheryl m. phillips March 10, 2007

Love this one, Janine! Love the way you shot him from this angle!
Good job!
~cp #4041081

March 10, 2007

Unusual and quite lovely pose on your beautiful Chicadee! #4041125

Janine Russell March 10, 2007

David, Paul E, Chua, Richard, Bill, MH, Katarina, Nadya, Donald, Judyann, Joy, Sherri, Joan, Denise, Darren, William, John, Dominick, Cheryl and Joyce, thanks very much for all of your encouraging comments. #4041551

Erica Murphy March 10, 2007

WOW Janine!! This is GORGEOUS!!!

Erica #4041572

Patricia Ronan March 10, 2007

Great timimg on this lovely picture Janine:) #4041764

Ken Jarvis March 10, 2007

Janine, excellant detail and colour! Great capture! #4041955

Janine Russell March 10, 2007

Erica, Patricia and Ken, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments. #4041978

Donna La Mattino Pagakis March 10, 2007

Sweet image, great timing! #4042040

Holly Shao March 10, 2007

Great capture and sharp details, also beautiful lighting and colors, Janine!!

Holly #4042196

Lynn Crawford March 10, 2007

This is a winner for sure Janine, outstanding :) #4042391

Theresa Marie Jones March 10, 2007

Perfect lighting, great detail, lovely color, super composition, tone, depth of field, contrast, balance, viewpoint and framing, Janine! #4042654

Karen Engelbreth March 10, 2007

Fantastic capture, Janine - WOW!

#4042699

Mary K. Robison March 11, 2007

Something very special about this, Janine, beyond the clarity and composition, which are perfect...
The from-the-back view gives the bird such elegance, and the lighting, including the catchlight in his eye, is superb.
Winner! #4042731

Janine Russell March 11, 2007

Donna, Holly, Lynn, Theresa, Karen and Mary, thanks very much for your kind comments and encouragement. #4043504

Cyn Valentine March 11, 2007

Absolutely beautiful Janine..as good as it gets!! Great work..as always!!! #4043513

Candice C. Calhoun March 11, 2007

Sensational clarity and detail...amazing photo!

ccc #4043744

RD . March 11, 2007

This is so superb Janine! #4044067

Janine Russell March 11, 2007

Cyn, Candice and Richard, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #4044471

Arnie Horwitz March 11, 2007

Great capture with incredible clarity and beautiful colors, Janine! #4045343

Janine Russell March 12, 2007

Arnie, thanks very much for your encouragement and kind comments. #4046857

Karen Slagle March 13, 2007

Another stunning capture, Janine. This is great... #4049971

Janine Russell March 13, 2007

Karen, thanks very much for your encouraging comments. #4050615

Sam Britt March 13, 2007

Terrific detail, color & lighting, Janine. Beautiful chickadee capture. #4050772

Janine Russell March 13, 2007

Sam, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments. #4050774

Sue L. Cullumber March 13, 2007

Janine, Saw this on photo-of-the-day! Fantastic comp. and details! #4051404

Janine Russell March 13, 2007

Sue, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #4051410

Ken Smith March 13, 2007

Your lighting is beautiful, Janine. Wonderful job! #4051472

anonymous March 13, 2007

What an outstanding image Janine! This one is a WINNER! WTG #4051491

Michelle L. Frick March 13, 2007

Stunning! I am always impressed with the incredible clarity you manage to achieve. I love this photo all the way down to the tiny little ruffled grey feathers! BEAUTIFUL!! #4051834

Guy D. Biechele March 13, 2007

Superb shot! Love the light and detail. #4051852

Sheryl A. Hudson March 13, 2007

Awsome lighting, detail, color, etc etc etc Janine! Truly beautiful! #4052045

Janine Russell March 13, 2007

Ken, Barbara, Michelle, Guy and Sheryl, thanks very much for your encouragement and kind comments. #4052091

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna March 14, 2007

The lighting on this is just awesome, Janine!!!!! Very stunning image!!!!! ^.^ #4054317

Colleen Farrell March 14, 2007

Outstanding, Janine!!! The detail, lighting and color are amazing! I wonder if he's molting? Do they all have those fine little feathers on their backs? I'm a big birdwatcher, so I love any photos that show me something new--and this one sure does!! :D #4055077

Janine Russell March 14, 2007

Kitty and Colleen, thanks very much for your encouraging comments; Colleen, I think they have fine feathers on their backs but I'm not absolutely positive. #4055585

Rose Bailey March 16, 2007

It's no wonder that you got POTD at two websites with this picture. It's fantastic and the lighting makes it a wowzer shot! Very well done! #4060064

Janine Russell March 16, 2007

Rose, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments. #4061347

Terry L. Ellis March 20, 2007

Sensational light and composition, Janine! Very striking details! #4074656

Janine Russell March 20, 2007

Terry thanks very much for your encouragement and kind comments. #4074998

Lorri Shane March 22, 2007

Hi Janine. This is wonderful. The details, color and composition are superb. Amazing capture--framable.
Lorri #4083273

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