Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/03/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Very representative collection. I rarely see these in central TX but I do see a lot of chickadees: lovely assertive down to business birds. Swoop down to the feeder no matter who else is there, eat and leave. On Sun, Mar 28, 2021 at 10:49 AM Douglas Herr via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > The Oak Titmouse is a common year-round resident of California's foothills > in riparian area, open oak woodlands and many suburban yards, which is > where this bird lives: my yard. > > This species is a member of the Paridae family, best known in North > America as the Chickadees. Adorable and a pleasure to have around but > difficult to photograph because of their shaded woodland habitat, their > energy level suggestive of a bellyful of an energy drink, and the drab gray > plumage that makes it difficult to visually separate the bird from its > surroundings. > > There's not much I can do about the habitat or energy level but I thought > I'd try backlighting to create a rim light effect to separate the little > fluffball from the background: > > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/paridae/baeolophus/inornatus/baeino19.html > > a7rIII, FE 600/4 GM > All comments are welcome. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Don don.dory at gmail.com