"Bright Eyes"

Chestnut Backed Chickadees are both fun to watch and photograph. They are a bright, brave little bird. They are quite bold and will often get quite close to me when I am in the backyard. They think nothing of stealing sunflower seeds right out from under a Steller's Jay when it isn't looking. This morning I photographed them for about forty five minutes or so in the backyard photoblind using a white studio backdrop to emulate a snowy background. I loved the end result with its bright eye clearly standing out in the image. God's love and blessings to all, chris This image was created with a Canon 7D and a Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM Lens at 320mm on a Manfrotto 190 XPROB tripod with a Bogen 3055 heavy duty ballhead. Camera settings used were +1 Exp. AV mode, ISO 400, F 8.0 at 1/60th of a sec.#TeamCanon,