Eye to eye

I have a fascination with animal and insect eyes. This is the best chickadee eye I've captured. I also discovered a new cropping tool, so my chickadee is really big.

Thank you so much for your comments on yesterday's cardinal!!! My favorite shots are the ones I get in the trees and bushes, but somedays I just appreciate getting anything. :0)

I'm posting a fun shot in my other album, if you have a little extra time. It's a different take on a female cardinal.
http://365project.org/cjwhite/my-little-world/02-24-2012

[Nikkers]

this little guy looks very tasty.. lol

[BeckyS]

Great shot!

[Isla Wight]

He's a real beauty.

[Tony]

Great capture and excellent cropping. Easily the best tool available.

[Sheila]

Lovely shot. The blue really adds to the pop factor.

[Karen Sylvia]

Great detail on this!

[Kathryn Marshall]

Great capture and details.

[Kimmi]

Beautiful little guy

[richard saffold]

another great one.

[Kerri]

Beautiful creature

[Beth]

Great closeup of the Chickadee. The birdseed look so large it makes you realize how small the Chickadee really is.

[karenann]

Love your little chickadee. So lovely and so tiny. Beautiful eye. :) P.S. Sorry, but I think that I just called your female cardinal a "he!"

[Paula Cook-Farkas]

What a cute chick!

[Ulpi]

Lovely shot! Love the blue there:)

[Pam Womack]

beautiful; that blue really makes it pop!

[Michael Girard]

very nice! he's so sharp and even has a little twinkle in his eye

[bkb in the city]

What a great capture

[Rick Schies]

It is quite nice Carolyn. Love the colors that came out

[Anne ❀]

awesome details! i generally like the natural shots too but the blue in this one if very striking. super shot, carolyn! cool eye!

[Paul Myers]

Very sharp, very nice color. All around, a very nice looking shot.

[Jennifer C]

wonderful detail, wonderful

[Dawn Wilson]

Great shot!

[ari fink]

very good crop....golden ratio ;) instant fave

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautiful capture. Great details.

[FaerieMoon]

This little guy seems very curious about what you're doing! Nice one!

[Mark Buehl]

He is watching you while you watch him. Nice shot and detail.

[Taephy]

this is beautiful! I find it so difficult to get a clear shot of their eyes cos they are so tiny and the birds here are just too far away for my lens...:(

[Paula]

What's your new cropping tool? Is it in PS? This is just lovely!

[Carolyn White]

@pwallis Thank you, Paula! I don't have PS. It's a crop tool in Picasa called wide screen photo frame.

[Paula]

@cjwhite Hmmm - must check it out! I'm finding the crop tool in PS a tad on the annoying side. But it's all new to me too...

[Christie Hicks]

Really great close up detail. I like the spots of blue from the feeder as well. Adds some extra interest to the shot.

[Pyrrhula]

Beautiful . This one looks a lot on our `staartmees ( Aegithalos caudatus`

[K J Buehl]

Splendid Portrait of the Chickadee! You post is great - I like the detail of this beauty!

[Shirley Banford]

Very nice shot of a cutie little guy. Nice DOF too.

[Karen Richardson]

You really got the colors and the eye is great.

[Mary Lou]

I love these little guys - great shot!!

[Robin]

Beautiful; love the tones of blue, white and grey.

[Claire]

So fabulous, I really like the little tilt of the head.

[Carel Combrink]

very good photo. The blue of the feeder gives the photo a bit more color, I like it

[Netkonnexion]

Very cute.

[Pam Hawkes]

Nice detail!

[cglist]

He certainly is checking you out!

[Zoe Ferrie]

Lovely detail!

[Jo Ann Bellone]

And this little guy is one of my favorites. I wrote a Chick-a-Dee report in the fourth grade about him. I remember that but don't ask me what I did yesterday. :-)

[MaryBeth Dailey]

NICE job! Do you use piknik at all? I forget. If you do, if you go into "Touch up" I think it is, and then try to "paint" all over the eye with either eye bright, tooth whitener tool, or dodging/burning those will make his eye more noticeable....have a play with it. It has really saved me at times when I want something to be visible in the photo but it is just not popping out.