Philadelphia Vireo

[Tim Vidrine]

Captured at Peveto's woods on the coast of southwest Louisiana during peak migration. April '07 at 7:45am

Canon 20D
Canon 500mm f/4 L IS with 1.4 Extender
1/4000s f/5.6 at 700.0mm iso400
Evaluative metering
AV mode
No flash

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Welcome to BPN, Tim. Very nice details, composition and eye contact. I wish for a less steep angle and fill flash might have helped in the shadows.

[Alfred Forns]

Pretty pose and good eye contact !!!! Might also desaturate the blue just a tad? Just a mater of taste Excellent !!!

[Fabs Forns]

Nicely composed. I echo the previous comments and would have probably done the sharpening on a layer and erase the effect from the branch.

Big welcome to BPN!!!

[Andreas Kanon]

Lovely light and very well exposed. I like the contact you get with the bird by the way it is looking at you.

[Glenn Bartley]

Very nice BOS (Bird-on-stick) image. I agree about dropping the saturation on the sky and would really lie to see a more interesting perch :)

[Chris Davidson]

A stunning image, Tim!
Beautiful pose and quality of light.
Agree about toning down the blues in the sky though.
Excellant capture!

[Jody Melanson]

What a super image, Tim! No nits from me. Welcome to BPN!