Sundown Chickadee on Larch bough

Sundown Chickadee on Larch bough

Chickadee at sundown on an illuminated larch bough beside our driveway.

captured from open front window.

Created by: Alandrapal.

Tools Used: 20D 100-400 L IS USM

Created on: 19 September 2006

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Image Number: 29896

Comments:

Alandra from westcoast Canada on Sep 24, 2006 at 11:15 PM said:

thankyou Susan, good to see you here.

Susan from Upper Hutt, New Zealand on Sep 24, 2006 at 11:13 PM said:

Love the colours in this picture, the background is very effective.

Alandra from westcoast Canada on Sep 21, 2006 at 5:42 AM said:

thankyou for the nice comments, Alex D. Also for the link. I did just try to go to the site, but it wouldn't work, unfortunately. What appealed to me in this photo, was the illuminated fronds/leaves with the shadows on them, on the branch.

Alex D. from Alameda, CA on Sep 21, 2006 at 4:35 AM said:

Another great one. I particularly like how the background colors complement the photo. I believe this is what they call "bokeh". Here is the definition as per DP Challenge:

"Loosely defined, bokeh is the quality and "feel" of the out-of-focus foreground or background elements of a photo. It isn't very interesting by itself, but take a photograph whose subject is enhanced by the bokeh of the background."

If you are interested in seeing how this is used, you can visit the DP Challenge contest submissions on this subject. Your photo would have certainly been a contender.

http://www.dpchallenge.com/challenge_results.php?CHALLENGE_ID=512

Shutterbug from Maine on Sep 20, 2006 at 9:05 PM said:

Beautiful chickadee photo, such a pretty bird.

Carol

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