Vermilion Flycatcher Singing

[Alan Murphy]

Vermilion Flycatcher

Texas Hill Country

D2X, 600, ISO 320, 6.3, 1/250, Fill @ -2.3 EV

Speaker placement is key to getting tyrant flycatchers to land on your perch when using audio. This male in peak breeding plumage was shot under very dark skies. I was lucky to get a few sharp frames.

[Jon Rista]

Wonderful photo! Such a beautiful bird, and the perch is superb. Love the subject isolation.

[Lorant Voros]

Beautiful individual and a perfect photo. Love the singing pose. Your ebook is awesome by the way.

[gail bisson]

I feel like a broken record when I critique your images!
A lovely image. The reds look great.
I think this is my favorite perch of yours. Love the lichens and mosses and the various shades of green. It compliments the red in the bird perfectly.
Gail

[Randy Stout]

Alan:

Lovely, and the D2x was showing its stuff at this lower ISO.

It is a very good perch, nice scale, interesting shape, lichens add

The reds are really vibrant with nice detail.

Calling pose a plus.

Cheers

Randy

[Karl Egressy]

Great looking perch, nice singing pose of this beauty, Alan.

[stuart wanuck]

allan your killing us with your dynamite images

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

It is a nice perch I agree. I like the singing pose too and the light looks nice and soft. I am curious, speaker placement being important here is where? Right under the perch? Very nice as usual

[Shawn Zierman]

Sublime image of a beautiful bird on a sweet perch.
Curious about the iso...320? Under very dark skies....iso800 seems more like a "go to" iso,
and with the increased in ss available, you might have achieved a more sharply focused tail
end...slight motion blur to the tail tip as is...

[Craig Brelsford]

Sweet, carefully engineered image. Beautiful perch. A few questions. Why were you using a 2x? Why ISO 320? Where exactly do the speakers go? Is the green BG a poster?

[PhilCook]

100% stunning !....nough' said

[David Salem]

Beauty! The whole scene is perfect. Great exposure on this bird. Not easy with the reds. I chased these guys at a desert oasis this winter but had trouble getting a well lit and exposed shot. Great work!

[Frank Schauf]

Excellent shot with very nice soft background, Alan.

[Satish Ranadive]

Gorgeous image of handsome little bird. Extremely beautiful composition.Lovely colors,perch and backdrop with nice gradation in color.
Love every thing in the frame.

Regards,
Satish.

[Jim Crosswell]

Beautiful image Alan! I like the pose, sharpness, IQ, composition and that incredible perch.

[Alan Murphy]

It is a nice perch I agree. I like the singing pose too and the light looks nice and soft. I am curious, speaker placement being important here is where? Right under the perch? Very nice as usual

Hey Cheryl, for tyrant Flycatchers, placing the speaker under the perch does not work. It needs to be about 10 feet away. This is something I go into detail with in my new eBook.

[Alan Murphy]

Sublime image of a beautiful bird on a sweet perch.
Curious about the iso...320? Under very dark skies....iso800 seems more like a "go to" iso,
and with the increased in ss available, you might have achieved a more sharply focused tail
end...slight motion blur to the tail tip as is...

Shawn, good question. This is an old image from when i was shooting with a D2X. ISO 320 was my max I would shoot with as the noise on that camera back then was not clean.

[Alan Murphy]

Sweet, carefully engineered image. Beautiful perch. A few questions. Why were you using a 2x? Why ISO 320? Where exactly do the speakers go? Is the green BG a poster?

Hey Craig, no 2X??. The camera was a D2X, maybe that is what you are seeing? BG is natural. Your other questions are answered above.

[Melissa Groo]

Not much to add here but to give another voice to the chorus of how beautiful this is, and stellar in every way.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Hey Cheryl, for tyrant Flycatchers, placing the speaker under the perch does not work. It needs to be about 10 feet away. This is something I go into detail with in my new eBook.

Thanks Alan

[MohsenVahedipour]

Excellent setup, IQ, pose & perch.