Northern Parula

[Mike Milicia]

EOS-1D Mk IV, 500mm f/4 + 1.4xII, 1/1250, f/8, ISO 400
About 50% of Full Frame

Photographed a couple of weeks ago at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge on Plum Island in MA.

Looking forward to your comments and critiques! <!-- / message -->

[Tony Whitehead]

Sweet bird pops well against the darker BG, Mike. I might burn in the brighter branches in the BG a little. Looks very simulate to the Silvereyes we get in NZ/Australia.

[Tobias Hayashi]

Great shot. The background is a teeeny bit busy I think, but a beautiful bird that stands out anyway. Nice detail as well.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Looks like you used a flash..Good flash work. The bird has good detail and natural colours. The BG sems to have a bit of noise some NR will work a treat and blur the BG a touch more.

[Mike Milicia]

Thanks to all for the comments!

Dumay, no flash on this one. Just direct sunlight about 90 minutes after sunrise on a clear morning. Did not run any NR on the BG but you are right that it could use some. Kind of surprising at ISO 400 with exposure adjusted by +0.15 in ACR. Guess it's due to the BG being so dark relative to the bird.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Beautiful bird...and I love the great view of the olive dorsal patch! Perfect exposure, and pin sharp as posted. BG a bit busy as noted, especially distracting is the lightest one sticking out of the back. Too bad about the twig covering part of the wing.