One of North America's rarest birds

[Jan Wegener]

the Golden-cheeked Warbler, here a singing male. Taken in Texas. :)

840 mm full frame

http://www.vogelfotografien.de/Test/gcw.jpg

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

One of the most beautiful warbler on the planet :)
Your image is just representing his cuteness. Lovely, attractive and dynamic.

Szimi

[Grace Scalzo]

Wonderful image, Jan. Love the details and the singing pose.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great setting, details, calling pose and BG. I might raise the color temperature a little bit. Did you use audio equipment?

[John Chardine]

Outstanding pose, action, lighting, BG, perch et al. More technical details on the image would be useful.

[Paul Marcellini]

Wow, what a beauty. It seems everything worked together in this one. Congrats.

[David Thomasson]

First-rate! I like how the DoF works on the greenery at right.

[Jasper Doest]

Sick....

Excellent work Jan! You nailed this little beauty in a great pose and the colours work really well together.

[Jan Wegener]

it was taken with
Mark IIn + 600 IS + 1,4x TC
1/800 F8 Iso 400
no flash

[Ramon M. Casares]

Excelent light, terrific perch and BG, superb pose and moment and colors and detail are simply OUTSTANDING. Congratulations!

[Greg Basco]

Fantastic image in every way, Jan. What else is there to say?

Cheers,
Greg Basco

[Arthur Morris]

Perfect head angle and singing pose. Where was the image made? A small crop from the top, left, and bottom would improve it. The clean perch is excellent.

[Arthur Morris]

Jan, you missed Axel's question; did you use a tape to bring the bird within range?

[Glenda Simmons]

Sure looks like a magazine cover, to me! Great job...Beautiful bird!

[Jan Wegener]

I didn't want to crop it anymore, to keep the litle green parts on the lower left. It was taken in the Austin are. :)

[Mike Lentz]

I know they can be located at a few locations down in and around Austin... try Fossil Rim Wildlife Center & Balcones Canyonlands. Nice image!