CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE

Sandy Stewart

CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE

FEATURED in the Unlimited Quality group on June 07/09! Many thanks to the kind hosts of this group!

Thank you very much to the Technical Photography group for featuring my photo on June 06/09!

Many thanks to the group The Birds who so kindly featured this shot on June 6/09.

A Chestnut-Backed Chickadee perches on a sunny Lilac bush branch and becomes surrounded by the color of the Lilacs in bloom!

Length
3.9–4.7 in ( 10-12cm)
Wingspan
7.5 in ( 19 cm)
Weight
0.2–0.4 oz ( 7-12 grams)

Chestnut-Backed Chickadees are the smallest and have shortest tailsof all the Chickadees!

About 65% of a Chickadee’s diet consists of insects and other arthropods, including spiders, caterpillars, leafhoppers, tiny scale insects, wasps, and aphids. They feed their young mainly caterpillars and wasp larvae. They also eat seeds, fruit and berries, but to a lesser extent than insects.

“PHOTO INFORMATION”

Taken on May 22/09 at 4:22pm
Taken in Raw, Adobe RGB, Aperture priority
Camera; Canon 40D
Lens; Canon 100-400 mm f/4- f/5.6 L IS USM Lens.
Tripod; Manfrotto, including joystick head.
Taken at 1/400’s at f/10, 400 mm, iso 500, custom wht bal 6400 kelvin.
Uploaded to Lightroom2.3, uploaded to PhotoshopCS2, where I did a shadow/highlight adj to lighten the shadowing slightly on the birds under carriage, added another layer and chose ” soft light” and opacity 20%, sharpened, via lab mode, lightness channel, unsharpmask, amount 35, radius 3, threshold 3.
No cropping!

CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE belongs to the following groups:

Birds and Creatures of Flight, Canon DSLR (One Image Per Day & A Canon Camera Must Be In The Description Before It's Accepted), DSLR Users Only - 1/24 - Camera & Lens In Description Please., I Love Birds, Technical Photography and The Birds Available for sale as

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CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE by Sandy Stewart
CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE by Sandy Stewart
  • rodsfotos

    rodsfotos

    A great profile pose and fine detailed image of this cute little chickadee Sandy, very well captured,
    Regards, Rod.

  • Sandy Stewart replied

    Thank you so kindly Rod! : )

  • BigD

    BigD

    the background really makes the sparrow popped, Sandy

  • Sandy Stewart replied

    Thank you so much BigD! It was the background coloring that made my decision that this one would be a good one to post. lol Many thanks again! : )

  • Virginia N. Fred

    Virginia N. Fred

    Awesome work, great information to go with it, well done….gina

  • Sandy Stewart replied

    Thank you so very much Gina! : )

  • Stan Wojtaszek

    Stan Wojtaszek

    Not that’s a really nice shot, Sandy.
    Background colours like I’ve never seen before.
    V e r y well done !!!

  • Sandy Stewart replied

    Thank you so very much Stan! I have a few other birds shots in this same bush. Some of the reddish shade of the background is our house. : )

  • Lynda McDonald

    Lynda McDonald

    the chickadees can melt my heart in less than a second,,,,,,,,,beautiful Sandy, we don’t have the chestnut ones so i’m delighted to see this

  • Sandy Stewart replied

    Awe,....thank you so kindly Lynda! The Chestnut-backed Chickadee is one of my most favorite birds. They are tiny and yet so brave and cheaky too! They trust me enough to get within inches of them! If I don’t put out their favorite winter feed on time, they will actually fly at me to let me know as soon as I venture outside. lol

  • Marvin Collins

    Marvin Collins

    Beautiful work Sandy, excellent capture!!

  • Sandy Stewart replied

    Thank you so kindly Marvin! : )

  • lorilee

    lorilee

    What a lovely capture – just beautiful!!!!!

  • Sandy Stewart replied

    Thank you so very much Lorilee! : )

  • LudaNayvelt

    LudaNayvelt

    gorgeous

  • Sandy Stewart replied

    Thank you so very kindly Luda! : )

  • Ken Haley

    Ken Haley

    Vibrant combination of colors! Interesting variety of chickadee.

  • Sandy Stewart replied

    Thank you Ken! : )

  • Rajdev D

    Rajdev D

    Excellent shot Sandy, beautiful detail and fabulous colours

  • Sandy Stewart replied

    Thank you so very much Rajdev! : )

  • Daniel J. McCauley IV

    Daniel J. McCa...

    Glorious colors! Tack-sharp! Superb capture, Sandy!!

  • Sandy Stewart replied

    Thank you so very much Daniel! : )

  • Gyuri Nagy

    Gyuri Nagy

    Excellent work, beautiful colors!

  • Sandy Stewart replied

    Thank you very much Gyuri! : )

  • Josie Eldred

    Josie Eldred

    This is just gorgeous Sandy, the colours are phenomenal. The shot absolutely screams ‘spring’! The clarity is superb, too :)

    I’d love to see it in the new group, Unlimited Quality

  • Sandy Stewart replied

    Thank you so very kindly Josie! Thank you also for the kind suggestion too! : )

  • AnnDixon

    AnnDixon

    This is so very beautiful and a superb picture, the Chickadee is very like our BlueTits, I had a family of 5 yesterday feeding at my feeding station, I adore them,

  • Sandy Stewart replied

    Thank you so kindly Ann! : )

  • Béla Török

    Béla Török

    Gorgeous capture, my dear friend!

  • Sandy Stewart replied

    Thank you so much Bela! : )

  • snappyexposure

    snappyexposure

    Sandy, this is so beautiful, the colours and the catchlight are perfect for this little fella, well done.

  • Sandy Stewart replied

    Thank you so very much Paula! : )

  • Moorey

    Moorey

    Lovely shot. Congrats on your feature

  • Sandy Stewart replied

    Thank you so very much Moorey! : )

  • Karen Tillotson

    Karen Tillotson

    What a gorgeous shot of this charming little bird! Congratulations on your feature!

  • Sandy Stewart replied

    Thank you so kindly Karen! : )

  • Hawker

    Hawker

    Wow, awsome capture of this little bird, well spotted

  • Sandy Stewart replied

    Thank you ever so much Hawker! : )

  • Shannon Paskaruk

    Shannon Paskaruk

    lovely shot!

  • Sandy Stewart replied

    Thank you so kindly Shannon! : )

  • Angie McKenzie

    Angie McKenzie

    so beautiful!!! love the background colors too!!!

  • Sandy Stewart replied

    Thank you so much Angie! If it weren’t for the background colors, I don’t know that I would have posted this one. lol : )

  • Bonnie T. Barry

    Bonnie T. Barry

    This is a new variety to me! I’ve never seen one of these chickadees. Remarkably beautiful background for this fine portrait! Really uplifting and cheerful to see!

  • Sandy Stewart replied

    Awe,....thank you so kindly Bonnie! This is the only species of Chickadees that I have ever seen in real life. It is cool to view some of the other species of them like you so kindly share with us! : )

  • Jillian Johnston

    Jillian Johnston

    Very nice—and nice to find yet another Vancouver Island photographer on Redbubble!

  • Sandy Stewart replied

    Thank you so much Jillian! Yes, it is nice to meet fellow Vancouver Islanders for sure! : )

  • RajeevKashyap

    RajeevKashyap

    Fabulous Work!

  • Sandy Stewart

    Sandy Stewart

    Thank you so kindly Rajeev! : )

  • Scott d'Almeida

    Scott d'Almeida

    lovely work,

  • Sandy Stewart replied

    Thank you so much Scott! : )

  • th3rd world order

    th3rd world order

    nice work

  • Sandy Stewart replied

    Thank you very much! : )

  • Jennifer Potter

    Jennifer Potter

    WOW Sandy!! You really know your stuff!! SOOOOO Impressive. : )

  • Sandy Stewart replied

    Thank you so very kindly Jennifer! : )

  • LYNETTE EVANS

    LYNETTE EVANS

    Fabulous details, what a great shot.

  • Sandy Stewart replied

    Thank you so kindly Lyn! : )

  • whalegeek

    whalegeek

    Excellent photo plus excellent explanation of the bird and your technique. Kudos to you for all of this. It is superb!

  • Sandy Stewart replied

    Thank you so kindly whalegeek! : )

  • laurav

    laurav

    Gorgeous image! Well captured!

  • Sandy Stewart replied

    Thank you so much Laurav! : )

  • Paul R. Dring

    Paul R. Dring 1 day ago

    Excellent capture, love the why it stands out against the background.

  • Sandy Stewart replied about 23 hours ago

    Thank you so much Paul! I just received my calendars ( purchased as gifts) from Redbubble and this photo was in one of the calendars. Redbubble did a wonderful job in printing my photos out just the way I see them on my screen. : )

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