Black-and-white Warbler

[Henry Domke]

Black-and-white Warblers commonly nest at the Prairie Garden Trust and they tend to show up early.
I photographed this one singing along a rocky bluff in early April. I used my iPhone to pull him in with song.

Canon 1Ds Mk3
Canon 600/f4 + 1.4 X teleconverter
Speed: 1/800th
Aperture: 6.3
One Shot AF
Aperture Priority with +2/3 Exposure
ISO 800

Worked up in Lightroom and Photoshop.


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[Jim Michael]

Cool! Would it be possible to pull the highlights down to get more detail in the whites?

[Shawn Zierman]

Such a handsome warbler! Great singing pose. The feet show very well, which I'm digging about this frame.
Compositionally, a consideration could be trading some space at the bottom for some space at the top....in terms
of space for the projected song to travel in the mind's eye...

[Alan Murphy]

Nice singing pose on this one. Wish for a thinner perch.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the singing pose, sharpness and BG. Well done Henry.

[dankearl]

I really like the bird, one I have never seen.
The pose is really nice, agree that the perch is large but not overpowering.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice singing pose and beauty background, Henry.

[Satish Ranadive]

Henry:
Excellent image of singing warbler.Love the pose with open beak,nice composition and BG.

Regards,
Satish.

[gail bisson]

This is a lovely shot.
I like the singing pose and the smooth BG.
Compositionally (is that even a word?), I would take some off the bottom to reduce the impact of the perch and add the same amount back to the top of the frame.
I would also reduce the magenta in the perch by -1,
Gail