Black-capped Chickadee #16

Uploaded: July 30, 2006

Description

Photo was taken on July 21, 2006 at 9:36am in Edmonds, Washington
Canon 400mm F/4 DO IS lens + 1.4x TC @ F/4, 1/400 second, ISO 800
Cropped, cloned, levels, + saturation, resized and sharpened in Photoshop CS

Comments

Barbara Waldoch July 30, 2006

Look mum, no wings :-)
Great capture, Janine! #494089

William C. Raco level-classic July 30, 2006

Such a beautiful pose, light, detail and DoF
Very nicely taken, Janine

Bill #3102725

Susan Candelario July 30, 2006

WOW!!! Beautiful, Janine. I love it. #3102779

Linda Proctor July 30, 2006

Perfect as always Janine!! Amazing clarity! #3102810

Lee Ann Sahagun - Poling July 30, 2006

It's amazing how they balance on those needles - excellent capture! #3102833

SaMi Martin July 30, 2006

Excellent detail on this cutie...u sure have a way with these birds. #3102980

Graeme yew Chow July 30, 2006

Beautiful image and great detail, She look cold, Janine. #3103005

Shelly A. Van Camp level-classic July 30, 2006

Beautiful image and colors! #3103041

Lori Dunn July 30, 2006

WOW Janine, this is wonderful!The background really makes this stand out. Great clarity and wonderful colors.Bravo!! ;^) #3103055

Brenda W. LaFleur level-deluxe July 30, 2006

Just great! #3103080

Tonya R. Boles July 30, 2006

Great capture. #3103085

Tamara K. Walker level-classic July 30, 2006

Beautiful capture,clarity and details, very nice PS work. Beautiful results. #3103224

Amber N. Eddings July 30, 2006

absolutly love this photo!! the yellow b/g and the great detail in the plant that the bird is on! Great shot! #3103265

Sherry Stricklin Boles level-classic July 30, 2006

Fantastic detail, Janine...What a cute little fellow! :) #3103384

Janine Russell level-deluxe July 30, 2006

Barbara, Bill, Susan, Linda, Lee Ann, SaMi, Graeme, Shelly, Lori, Brenda, Tonya, Tamara, Amber and Sherry, thanks very much for all of your kind and encouraging comments. #3103402

Kevin Nugent level-classic July 30, 2006

An outstanding capture Janine!!! #3103411

July 30, 2006

Nice picture Janine. I love to listen to their song.this is probably my favorite bird. #3103441

Chastity Abbott July 30, 2006

I really like his little leg posing! Sweet capture and the detail is SUPER!!! #3103692

Renee Doyle July 30, 2006

Amazing detail Janine!! Beautiful composition and I love the blurred colours of the background!!! As always, wonderful work!
#3103758

Evy Johansen level-classic July 30, 2006

Beautiful detail and wonderful composition, Janine! #3103799

Su Sana E. P level-classic July 30, 2006

Stunning details and terrific dof, Janine!! I'm so happy to see you back. #3103859

Janine Russell level-deluxe July 31, 2006

Kevin, Frank, Chastity, Renee, Evy and Susan, thanks very much for your encouraging comments and support. #3104003

Stephen Zacker July 31, 2006

I always enjoy your bird images. Great colors and bg. Like the way he is standing on those pines #3104912

Janine Russell level-deluxe July 31, 2006

Stephen, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #3105570

Kristian L. Stricklin July 31, 2006

Wonderful capture, Janine! LOVE the excellent detail! Incredible shot! :) #3106471

Janine Russell level-deluxe July 31, 2006

Kristian, thanks very much for your encouraging comments. #3106528

Mitch Spence level-classic July 31, 2006

This is just so nice, Janine. Everybody's said it already. #3106813

Mitch Spence level-classic July 31, 2006

This is just so nice, Janine. Everybody's said it already. #3106814

Janine Russell level-deluxe July 31, 2006

Mitch, thanks very much for your encouragement. #3107398

Jim Kinnunen level-classic July 31, 2006

This is just a superb image of this Chickadee, Janine!!! #3107975

Janine Russell level-deluxe July 31, 2006

Jim, thanks very much for your encouraging comments. #3107995

Cora Miller level-classic July 31, 2006

Oh wow, Janine, this is absolutely incredible! The background really makes him pop. Fantastic image! #3108203

Janine Russell level-deluxe July 31, 2006

Cora, thanks very much for your kind comments and encouragement. #3108214

Nicole Kessel August 01, 2006

Awesome Janine! #3112611

Janine Russell level-deluxe August 01, 2006

Nicole, thanks very much for your nice comment. #3112659

Janine Russell level-deluxe August 02, 2006

From Marilyn Flanagan 7/2/2006 4:59 AM

What a beautiful bird, Janine! You can see every detail in his feathers. Makes you want to reach out and touch him. Great photo.

Marilyn, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #3115096

Andi Browning August 03, 2006

I love every image in your gallery, but I adore your bird shots. I love these little birds, they come to my birdfeeders too. You captured it perfectly.

#3119937

Janine Russell level-deluxe August 03, 2006

Andi, thanks very much for your encouraging comments. #3120108

Lorri Shane August 06, 2006

ABsolutely beautiful, Janine. I think it is one of my favorites. The color and detail AND composition are wonderful.
#3132240

Janine Russell level-deluxe August 06, 2006

Lorri, thanks very much for your kind comments and encouragement. #3132483

Stan Lubach August 08, 2006

Incredible detail, Janine. Really well done. #3140728

Janine Russell level-deluxe August 08, 2006

Stan, thanks very much for your encouraging comments. #3140764

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