Black Backed Woodpecker, Black Capped Chickadee.

[ShawnZ]

Two recent images, both from boggy places. SonyA300,

Sigma50-500mm, iso400, f10, various shutter speeds, crops, cloned dust spots, USM. Pushing the whites on both images. Probably did burn the poor little chickadees cheek patch a bit.

Comments and critiques always welcome.

Regards,

Shawn Zierman.

[Jim Almquist]

Excellent job on both shots. Really like the BC pose and all the great detail.

[Dbl]

Shawn that second image is really special! Very nice work as always.

[ricerdude69]

great pose in the 2nd one

[Birdsong]

Both are beautiful. The purpley background really adds to the first, but the detail is fabulous in the black-capped.Do you use spot metering for these black eyes in black heads?

[Todd Caswell]

Very nice I have never seen a Black backed woodpecker befor. It doesn't look to be very common in MN

[finnbay]

Always tough to get a black-backed, and a good one like this is, but that chickadee is something special.

[dockothebay]

Very nice images Shawn - and that chickadee is really exceptional!

[ShawnZ]

Thanks for the kind comments folks. I always spot meter and shoot in manual exposure. Black backed woodpeckers are considered uncommon but regular in Minnesota. If you want to see one this year, Hedbom Bog (near Floodwood MN.) is a relatively hot spot recently, and in years past.

[MN Shutterbug]

Both winners, especially the chickadee.

[Nymph]

Excellent, Shawn! I like the chickadee shot with the added color of the berries.