Still working on the new camera.
Black capped chickadee. A little too noisy and not quite sharp enough. Would look a lot better if the background wasn't so busy and darker but this time of year it's what I have to work with out my balcony door.
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..i recently visited a restaurant up in san gerardo where they have a back deck overlooking a nice area and they attract birds with a feeder. for some reason, the feeder had become really ugly and the perches they put around it were a twisted mess of ugliness. it was disappointing because an emerald toucanet came closer to me than any had before and it was a wonderful opportunity for great shots except i had to make uncomfortable compositions and crops to get the ugliness out of the photos. it was disappointing.
this is the best shot i got that day, and it sucks...i had to truncate his foot and tail and you can still tell it's not a natural perching area:
