Dream bird
Mésange à tête noire, Black-capped Chickadee, L= 13 cm, E=20 cm, P=11 g
I feel the need here to give some details about this shot. In fact, if you look closely, you'll see one foot of the Chickadee under his wing (transparency). So the bird was just leaving this little branch and starting to take its flight and unfold his wings... There are no digital transformation on this picture except from sharpening tool, shadow/highlight and obviously, desaturation. The white softness in the lower part of the image is due to snow out of focus. And Tom, I can reassure you, there were no pin used ;-)
Here is a color image of this beautiful and sympathetic little bird...
SophiaK 13/01/2009 12:56
It's realy beautiful! It's like the birds we see in our deepest dreams... birds wich carring secrets & they are whispering them in our ears as we sleep......Best Regards, Sophia!
Vesela Maleeva 10/05/2007 1:46
+++I especially like the detail of the wing.
Ves
Pat McMullen 15/04/2007 16:23
Very nice black and white. I like the tonal values in it alot.Pat
Luc Grollie 08/04/2007 22:54
can't help it, but I prefer the colorversion in the snow, works much better for me !!!question de préférence personelle......
greetz,
Robyn Raggio 08/04/2007 17:48
You are indeed the master of imaging all things winged. A lovely, sweet shot of simple grace. Tones, comp, and DOF all the support the feathered friend. Nicely done, Michel. Congratulations on a lovely, in-camera shot.Lorraine Larochelle 08/04/2007 14:55
La mésange à tête noire est mon oiseau préféré. Tout petit avec tant de caractère. Peur de rien et tout migon. Cette photo noir et blanc lui fait tout honneur. Beau travail!Ludek Sagi Lukac 08/04/2007 10:56
beautifulSagi :-)
Lawson McCulloch 08/04/2007 10:33
I really like this shot in b/w, and the softness of the background.Lawson.
Tom McAlexander 08/04/2007 9:19
This is quite ethereal...and almost like you pinned the little chickadee to a branch to make it look like it's actually flying...which, of course, we all know it actually is.Aloha
Tom
Cees Kuijs 08/04/2007 9:12
Excellent capture. Very good composition.Gtreetings, Cees
Marc Thys 08/04/2007 9:01
Great pic.Regards,Marc.
Véronique Soulier 08/04/2007 8:08
Qu'il est joli en vol.. le noir et blanc apporte une touche délicate.. Joyeuses Pâques Michel, VéroniqueMaria Porter 08/04/2007 5:51
Beautiful capture! Looks fantastic in BW!Maria
Stephie S. 08/04/2007 5:34
Sehr schön festgehaltenGruß von Stephie