Yellow Warbler

[Bill Dix]

From Mount Desert Island last month. Ran normal levels, NR, USM, and removed a distracting twig. Another stop would have helped the DOF on the bird, but probably hurt the BG. C&C appreciated.

D90 | 500f4 + 1.4 TC | ISO 640 | 1/100s @ f/7.1 | 0EV

[gail bisson]

This is a terrific shot. The IQ is great. I like the BG and the diagonal perch. I might desat the greens as I see a faint greenish cast on back of birdbut let's see if anyone else sees it,
Gail

[laurie golden]

Bill,

Great shot, hard to get them in the open. I think the green cast on the bird's back may be just the bird's natural color but I might desaturate the green to tone down the background.

[Richard Unsworth]

:S3:

Nice capture; tried many times to catch one in the open and failed:w3

BG alright for me, leaves R green

I think yellows can be very hard to get as good as this, well done

[Mack Hicks]

I'm jealous, tried twovdays during the migration to one of these guys in the open. I like the green BG.

[Bill Dix]

Thanks all. I actually did desaturate the green BG a little to keep it from dominating the bird, but might have gone further perhaps -- matter of taste. Sibley describes the back of the Yellow Warbler as "bright yellow-green"; I think this is probably pretty close.

[Mike Milicia]

Colors look good to me and I like the sense of habitat in the BG.

Head feathers look a little over-sharpened to me.

[Brendan Dozier]

Beautiful bird and nice comp on this, Bill. Good suggestions above, but very nice quality as usual!

[Melissa Groo]

Just a beautiful capture, Bill. I see what Mike means about possible oversharpening on the head. But lovely details, comp and BG. Wouldn't change a thing but backing off the sharpening a tad.

[Bill Dix]

Thanks Mike, Brendan and Melissa. Sometimes after running my normal sharpening on the whole bird (usually USM @ 125, 0.4, 0; 100, 0.2, 0), I hit the area around the eye with an extra shot of the selective sharpening tool. I can't remember if I did that here, but maybe I hit it once too often. I appreciate the comments.

[Michael Lotito]

Beautiful capture Bill. The yellows and the eye look great. Congrats!

[Daniel Cadieux]

The bird pops nicely from the BG. Great colours, and the pose is nice and alert. DOF is fine with me. There is a slight smudge in front of the breast, touching the leaf, that needs smooting out. Very well done Bill.

[Bill Dix]

The bird pops nicely from the BG. Great colours, and the pose is nice and alert. DOF is fine with me. There is a slight smudge in front of the breast, touching the leaf, that needs smooting out. Very well done Bill.

Thank you Daniel. I missed that smudge. It may be a vestige of my cloning when I removed a distracting twig. Thanks for noticing. I'll fix the master.