American Redstart

[Alan Murphy]

American Redstart

Galveston Island, TX

D3, 600, ISO 800, f13, 1/800.

We have such a severe drought here in Texas that my water drip pulled in nine species of Warbler yesterday.
Here's a female I got in late evening light. The perch was set up over the drip pond.

[Luis Villablanca]

A stunning image, Alan. The perch, pose, lighting and colors are all excellent.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Alan the overal comp is so interesting with a beautiful perch and amazing light. I love the birds pose and great detail. I never find fault in your images but I keep finding myself distracted by the bright area on the vertical branch. Gorgeous image as usual.

[Arthur Morris]

Too perfect. I am distracted only by that killer pose.... Lovely framing.

[Herb Houghton]

Nice warm tones in the BGD Alan, great pose by the bird. I like the tail up look and the very detailed perch in sweet light.

[Shreeni Rao]

Absolutely lovely !

[arash_hazeghi]

stunning work Alan!

[Gary Esman]

Another great shot. Gorgeous.

Gary.

[Marina Scarr]

This one is out of the ball park, and the pose of the bird is the kicker.

[Ofer Levy]

Too beautiful!!! Light, colour, pose, perch, composition - it is all there!!
This is the kind of photo that reminds me why I love bird photography so much!

[Josh Clark]

Excellent pose and detail.

[Mack Hicks]

Fantastic. What is the plant that you are using for a perch? I have a couple in my yard, one is a bird transplant. The mockingbirds seemed to like the fruit, but they are just starting to get red now.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Great pose with lovely colors, perch & background. Thanks

[ramesh anantharaman]

Just a beautiful photograph in all. I have learnt a few things on compo and Techs right here. awesome.

[Mital Patel]

Alan ,
This is amazingly photographed bird. loved the color rendering here and that warm feel ...

[Mark Itol]

Superb, Alan!

[Alan Murphy]

Fantastic. What is the plant that you are using for a perch? I have a couple in my yard, one is a bird transplant. The mockingbirds seemed to like the fruit, but they are just starting to get red now.

Hey Mack, the plant is Poke Weed. Thanks.

[Joe Senzatimore]

WOW!!!!!!:wave:

[Grace Scalzo]

Love this one Alan, especially the way that the bird is perched with that tail up. Real eye catcher with all the color.

[Karl Egressy]

A truly amazing picture, Alan.

[Pieter de Waal]

Hi Alan , superb image with nice composition and killer pose.

[James Salywoda]

Stunning Alan!

[Raul Padilla]

killer pose and eye contact, maybe removing the twig going up can give more force to the composition

great photo