Yankee Prothonotary Warbler

[ChasMcRae]

It seems ironic that I(from South Carolina) drive to no Ohio and Magee Marsh Area on Lake Erie and end up shooting this bird.
There were two pair acting as if to set up territory along the boardwalk. This bird was shot near the beginning of boardwalk from the tower so I was actually shooting down as the bird sang.

Chas.

ProthonSinging_Warbler_24089WR06C.jpg
File size: 152KB
Camera Model: Canon EOS 40D
Camera serial number: 1120719490
Firmware: Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows
Date/Time: 2009:05:23 14:35:39
Shutter speed: 1/250 sec
Aperture: 8
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: -2/3
Flash: On
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 400
Lens: 600mm
Focal length: 600mm
Subject distance: 13 m
Image size: 800 x 640
Rotation: none
White balance: Auto
Color space: sRGB
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Normal
Contrast: Normal
Color profile: sRGB IEC61966-2.1

[Mital Patel]

everything seems to me perfect in position. exosure, singing pose, catch light, eyecontact.
The only thing i feel is that running NR over the entire image is not a good idea and you lost some details in bird and the perch due to NR.

[Doug Brown]

Love the singing pose. I find the perch a little busy, and it's a little too centered in the frame. I agree with Mital that the entire image looks like it's been noise reduced. Thanks for posting!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great find, singing pose and eye contact. Adding to the other comments, I wish the branch were not parallel to the tail.