another in the series

[John Chardine]

.... of Common Yellowthroats I made last week at Campobello Island, New Brunswick. This guy provided a variety of opportunities to capture on different perches and I liked the simplicity of this one.

I cropped to about 70% of original remaining, removed a colour cast in LAB colour, removed a couple of OOF branches, ran some noise reduction on the BG, and sharpened the subject.

Addendum- That's cobwebs on top of the bill.

Date: 10 June, 2010, Time: 20:02h
Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Lens: EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x @ 700 mm
Program: Aperture Priority
ISO 800, 1/320s, f/7.1
Exp. comp.: 0.0
Flash: no flash

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

John, loved this one. bird is so perfectly oriented w.r.t the sensor and that subtle head turn...awesome sharpness too. These little ones are hard to nail. Well done. More DOF would have been better, but looks like you were already at the techs' limits.

[Robert Amoruso]

I agree John, nice work. Clean BG, good-looking perch and good positioning on the bird all come together.

[Paul Lagasi]

John very nicely done, sharp, clean backgorund...did I say sharp?...wow..

[Harshad Barve]

Terrific capture John , winner on all counts , big congrats
TFS

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

This is a common but beautiful bird, I have tried with no success to get a descent image of one and nothing yet...
Lovely bird, HA and bg, my compliments sir.

[Glenda Simmons]

A Beauty! Nothing to not like about this one.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Excellent sharpness. Lovely little bird, great BG. Well done. :)

[Randy Stout]

John:

Nice critique by KD, really like the pose and bird being parallel to sensor.
I have some of this species, and find it hard not to overexpose the yellows on the throat. They look pretty good here, can see some detail in that area.

Cheers

Randy

[John Chardine]

Many thanks for all the useful comments! This is what it's all about at BPN!