Colima Warbler

Hi All

Been a busy week again, at work. This is an image of the Colima Warber, only found in North America, in the Chisos Mountains of Big Bend National Park, Texas. Tough bird..we only saw 1 and not very well..but it's in the bag now.....

Also found in Mexico but for us serious listers can't really be counted :c3:.

Rugged climb of 3-4 hours, blistering heat 90-107F, but priceless when you can see the bird...applied Topaz clean seems to be my favourite lately...:w3. Wish that black dark leaf wasn't there....

You can check out, where we went on our trip at www.bilyreid.com

lololol...my wife chose to opt out on this one..

Pau

You have a very smart wife, Paul. :bg3:

Nice image and application. Agree with the blk leaf, but what you get is what you see! :w3 Might be able to paint it back to match the others better.

Paul, it's fantastic that you could actually photograph this warbler. Nice composition and I like the effect here. Agree on the black leaf... I think it can be lightened a bit.

Paul, Sounds like another adventure! I agree w/ you about the leaf I also might evict the light one on the top edge of the frame if it were mine. Did you say blistering??yikes:S3:

Sounds like an adventure I might have opted out on too :S3:

Nice image, great processing. I rather like the dark leaf, although I think I would lighten it just a bit if you can to show more detail. Nice find!

Congrats on the Colima, Paul. You worked hard for it and amazing that you got a decent photo to boot!

I think the effect worked well, I can see why it's a fav!

Actually, the white leaf at the top-right bothers me more than the black one. It could be argued that the black one adds a little tension to the image, which I like.

Thank You All...This was my 618th bird, only 81 more to go...which will take virtually the rest of my life and lots of travel...:e3