Another Nemesis: Worm-eating Warbler

[Bill Dix]

This species had always eluded me, until the other day when I found a cooperative one. This is another bird that one can often hear, with it's insect-like call, but rarely see poking around the forest floor. This guy was willing to hop onto a perch for an unobstructed look, although I did have to remove some twigs and tone down some highlights in the busy background.

D7200, 500f4 + 1.4, ISO 800, 1/800s @ f/6.3 manual, TTL fill @ -2.0 EV.

[John Rowell]

Well done on getting this fellow into your collection. Really nice colors, texture and sharpness. The oof perch in the foreground bothers me a bit, but that's what you had to work with. His body angle suggests he wasn't planning to hang around for too long, it looks ready to jump off to another location.

[adrian dancy]

A nice pose and a lovely bird and a nice image. On looking at the twig I wonder if there is a hint of forward focus which may have led to slightly less detail on the bird hence a slight amount of noise creeping in during sharpening process?

[Jonathan Ashton]

Just looking at this image conveys that he is likely to be a tricky subject. I like the pose and subtle use of flash, you were obviously well prepared!

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

THe pose looks a little odd, as if it were about to take off as mentioned.
Nice colours and detail. Always great to capture a new species. :)

[Karl Egressy]

Bill, Congratulations. This is my nemesis bird as well. They breed in Ohio.

[Bill Dix]

A nice pose and a lovely bird and a nice image. On looking at the twig I wonder if there is a hint of forward focus which may have led to slightly less detail on the bird hence a slight amount of noise creeping in during sharpening process?

Adrian, I see your point, although I think the bird's head is almost in the same focal plane as the sharpest part of the perch. I ran the AF Fine-tune just a few weeks ago, but it might be worth rechecking. Also, I did need to correct a slight underexposure which might explain the slight noise.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Not a warbler we often see, congrats! These guys are not found up here, so I appreciate a good look at it! Neat pose and wonderful BG. Looks like you had some variable light to deal with - good call using fill. Too bad a bout the fg part of the perch being so oof, and comp-wise I could see a version with the subject a tad higher in the frame.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Congratulations! and a neat pose as well. Nice light and use of FF. Great detailed look at this beauty before he flew.




Geoffrey

[keith mitchell]

Bill I would be very pleased if it was mine, beautiful little bird well photographed.
Keith.

[gail bisson]

Big congrats on getting this warbler.
I have to agree with most of the above comments so will not repeat them!
TFS,
Gail