Sundown Chickadee on Larch bough

Guest - Sep 24, 2006 11:15 PM EDT
thankyou Susan, good to see you here.

Guest - Sep 24, 2006 11:13 PM EDT
Love the colours in this picture, the background is very effective.

Guest - Sep 21, 2006 05:42 AM EDT
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.

Guest - Sep 21, 2006 04:35 AM EDT
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

Guest - Sep 20, 2006 09:05 PM EDT
Beautiful chickadee photo, such a pretty bird. Carol