Chicka-dee-dee-dee by olivetreeann

Chicka-dee-dee-dee

While washing up the lunch dishes I was entertained by this cheery little visitor. "How appropriate" I thought, "since today's alphabet letter is D."
What a beautiful capture! I love the pops of red in the background too!
February 4th, 2012  
Fantastic! This is just beautiful! Wow! Great shot!
February 4th, 2012  
Cute little one
February 4th, 2012  
@kimmiesue Thanks Kim! I wasn't paying attention to the background because I was so focused on trying not to scare him away! I just brought up the temperature and saturation a bit when I processed it and really liked the results. Not a bad shot for my little Canon p&s.
@mrssmith Thanks Carla! I was excited to get it. Had my camera set on rapid fire just in case I wasn't quick enough on my own.
@kerristephens Thanks Kerri!
February 4th, 2012  
very nice Ann: I'm enchanted by the background tones and bokeh
February 4th, 2012  
@woot Thanks Davide! I live in a wooded area, so what you see in the background is the sky, tree trunks and some brownish orange leaves that refuse to let go of their branches. I had my camera set on 400 ISO and the exposure set slightly higher because the bird and the feeder were in a shadow. In the post processing I brought up the temperature and saturation of the color. It gave the overexposed aspect of the sky a creamier color which was a nice compliment to the black cap of the bird.
February 4th, 2012  
Ah ha! Chick a "D"....what a fabulous shot. Nice processing (as explained above)
February 4th, 2012  
@olivetreeann thanx for sharing this: thoroughly appreciated!
February 4th, 2012  
Gotta love these guys!
February 4th, 2012  
So he was serenading youwhile you were busy, how nice.
February 4th, 2012  
Very clever Ann and lovely photo
February 4th, 2012  
@cimes1 lol Carole- it wasn't intentional. I had another picture that I was going to put up and then this little guy landed on the bird feeder. It was meant to be be be.
@woot You're welcome Davide- any time!
@httpgeffed Thanks Colleen. Yes- one of my two favorites (Goldfinches are the other).
@digitalrn Well, I'm a Mary Poppins sort of worker- just a spoon full of sugar- along with a good dose of the 7 dwarves- whistle while you work. I just let the Chickadee do the whistling.
@nicolecampbell Thanks Nicole! I had already put together a different shot from our trip to Michigan, but when he landed on the bird feeder, it was a better shot for the day.
February 5th, 2012  
Lunch time. Great shot
February 5th, 2012  
Clever take on the theme. What a cute bird.
February 5th, 2012  
Wonderful shot
February 5th, 2012  
I love the background on this and the bird is adorable!
February 5th, 2012  
Bev
Oh wow... Very nice job! You captured this guy perfectly! I need a bird feeder.
February 5th, 2012  
@sarasdadandmom Thanks Terry!
@kimmistephens Thanks Kimmi!
@bkbinthecity Thanks Brian!
@espyetta Thanks MaryBeth!
@prttblues Thanks Bev! I love my birdfeeders!
February 5th, 2012  
Nice timing Ann, love his little legs so fragile, never look like they could hold the birds wt.
February 5th, 2012  
Lovely capture of the little guy! He's striking quite a pose for you too :)
February 5th, 2012  
@melorac Thanks Carole- and add to that the fact that they're fairly hollow to allow for flight!
@alia_801 Thanks Alia- it does appear that way!
February 5th, 2012  
I want to hold her.. such a cute beatiful bird.. and dreamy background.. love it so much..
February 5th, 2012  
@inertie Thank you Inertia!
February 5th, 2012  
love this shot - the crisp bird against the background
February 6th, 2012  
@dmariewms Thank you Marie! This type of shot is not the easiest to catch with my little camera because the birds get fidgety when I'm trying to get closer and closer!
February 6th, 2012  
great capture!
February 6th, 2012  
@annaruth Thanks Anna!
February 6th, 2012  
Isn't he adorable? Nice close up!
February 6th, 2012  
@lisjam1 Thanks Lisa! And thanks to your fantastic city for hosting a great Super Bowl! I read an article yesterday from Giants fans saying how much they enjoyed the activities, layout and overall warm welcome they received.
February 6th, 2012  
Great shot! So crisp!
February 7th, 2012  
@sanera thanks Samantha!
February 8th, 2012  
Perfect! Love these little fellas.
February 8th, 2012  
@allie912 Thank you Allison!
February 8th, 2012  
What a lovely capture! I love these little birds, they're always so.... happy!
February 9th, 2012  
@kloud Thank you Bonnie- I am always so excited when I get a good bird shot with the p & s. The newer camera should be able to take these kinds of shots easily, but it keeps doing that weird focusing thing and until I figure it out, I'm back to my first camera of the project. I'm not too disappointed though. I actually think the Canon takes better macros!
February 9th, 2012  
like! why is there no 'like' button here?
February 10th, 2012  
@summerfield It's called fav? Thanks Vikki!
February 10th, 2012  
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