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13-JAN-2011

Snowy Chickadee (Leucistic Black-capped Chickadee)

I was excited when this chickadee landed on the ground and offered an opportunity to photograph it in the snow like this, but that excitement soured when I reviewed the image and saw that it was out of focus and taken with the wrong exposure settings. I thought that I wouldn't be able to save the image, but when I got back home I tried a couple of adjustments in ACR to correct for my mistakes. Then two passes with a sharpening tool later and this was the result. It ended up turning out okay!

Canon EOS 7D ,Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/1000s f/5.6 at 380.0mm iso400 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time13-Jan-2011 10:41:40
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 7D
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length380 mm
Exposure Time1/1000 sec
Aperturef/5.6
ISO Equivalent400
Exposure Bias0.67
White Balance
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance4.180 m

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Guest 17-Jan-2011 12:43
Beautiful image Chris.
Ghislaine et Réal Boulet17-Jan-2011 12:19
Nice picture, so cute.
Ted Busby17-Jan-2011 04:13
You Have A New Profession..."Photo Restoration"
Excellent!; Would never no this wasn't a perfectly exposed image!
larose forest photos17-Jan-2011 02:55
More than OK I'd say! A lovely image of this unusual BCCH in the snow. Nice!
Hank Vander Velde17-Jan-2011 01:51
Chris this is a beauty. You did a great job in the processing.
pkocinski17-Jan-2011 01:23
It looks so strange in those colors. Nicely captured in the snow setting.
Guest 16-Jan-2011 21:31
Very beautiful capture .
Jim Coffman16-Jan-2011 20:27
Chris, this is really nice! That beautiful little Chickadee really stands out in that snow! Beautiful capture..
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