Tightrope

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While wrapping up a shoot one June morning, we saw a Common Yellowthroat putzing around. Played a little audio and he positioned himself here as a tightrope walker on the reeds.

I wished I'd have stopped down the aperture a touch for more dof as it's a bit unfortunate the reeds bent at the ends.... more tail IF is always good too.

Feedback welcome.

R5
840mm
Handheld
ISO 1250
1/4000
f7.1

LR and PS, selective DN. Removed barbed wire going down through lower LHC and touched a couple of brighter spots on one talon.

Looks good to me Brian, I don't mind the DOF, the eye is immediately drawn to the bird....Nice pose, open bill adds...Lovely colours and detail...I really like the BG colours, and they blend well. I wonder if cloning out the oof tips on the perch would make a difference, then cropping in some more...Just a thought....I don't mind the oof perch on the bottom left, it works well with the BG colour.... fades into the BG which looks good.

Will

I personally like it Brian, lovely image design, nice pose from the bird, good head angle and background is great.
Yes to more DoF but not a deal breaker, still works as presented. Overall a very pleasing image and I enjoyed viewing, thank you so much for sharing!

Kind regards,

Brian nice lovely capture. Would have been nice if the reed would have been in focus out to the split ends. Probably wouldn't have caught all the ends with more DOF. As Will says other end blends nicely. Fine as is. As mentioned open beak and great pose lovely background colors. Always look forward to your photos. TFS

Nice to see this warbler out in the open. I do like the framing and the soft gradient in the background.

Hi Brian, beautiful bird, nicely shown. Sharp, nice color palette, perfect background. Whether you could get more depth of field by changing your aperture would depend on how close you were to the bird, when close it really doesn't change much. Thank you for sharing.

Wicked bird with perfect light on the face. I like the idea of a higher crop left and right to eliminate the end of the perch.

with love, a

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Originally Posted by William Dickson

Looks good to me Brian, I don't mind the DOF, the eye is immediately drawn to the bird....Nice pose, open bill adds...Lovely colours and detail...I really like the BG colours, and they blend well. I wonder if cloning out the oof tips on the perch would make a difference, then cropping in some more...Just a thought....I don't mind the oof perch on the bottom left, it works well with the BG colour.... fades into the BG which looks good.

Will

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Right on Will! I see your point on the oof tips; a good option to try, going from pano to 2x3.

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Originally Posted by Gabriela Plesea

I personally like it Brian, lovely image design, nice pose from the bird, good head angle and background is great.
Yes to more DoF but not a deal breaker, still works as presented. Overall a very pleasing image and I enjoyed viewing, thank you so much for sharing!

Kind regards,

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Thanks a bunch Gabriela!

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Originally Posted by kevin Hice

Brian nice lovely capture. Would have been nice if the reed would have been in focus out to the split ends. Probably wouldn't have caught all the ends with more DOF. As Will says other end blends nicely. Fine as is. As mentioned open beak and great pose lovely background colors. Always look forward to your photos. TFS

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Very much appreciate the kind words Kevin! Back at ya.

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Originally Posted by John Mack

Nice to see this warbler out in the open. I do like the framing and the soft gradient in the background.

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Thanks John!

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Originally Posted by Joseph Przybyla

Hi Brian, beautiful bird, nicely shown. Sharp, nice color palette, perfect background. Whether you could get more depth of field by changing your aperture would depend on how close you were to the bird, when close it really doesn't change much. Thank you for sharing.

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Appreciate the comments Joe. Good point on the dof. Had some crop here so it might have been at the threshold where a stop or two could have impact.

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Originally Posted by Arthur Morris

Wicked bird with perfect light on the face. I like the idea of a higher crop left and right to eliminate the end of the perch.

with love, a

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Thanks Artie, appreciate the feedback!

Great singing pose. I can hear him now - wichity wichity wichity. Not sure stopping down would have brought the ends in focus.

Very nice to get him out in the open.... Bird looks terrific.