Prothonotary Warbler.

[Karl Egressy]

On Wednesday morning, the third day of our trip at Magee Marsh,
I started thinking about the Prothonotary Warbler we saw on the same day two years ago.
I told my wife;” I have a meeting with a good old friend today”.
“Is it the Prothonotary?” she said but I left her in suspense.
We were sitting on a bench close to the place we found the bird before.
At one point I felt I had to get up and turn around, so I did.
There he was, just flew in and landed on a thick horizontal branch.
“He is here” I said and my wife new exactly whom I was talking about.
Thanks for looking.

[Jeff Sorbie]

Great story and photo Karl. BG is nice and I just love the Yellow.

[gail bisson]

I really like the singing pose and the nice clean BG. It is so hard to get a clean BG with warblers so well done!
I would sharpen the head a bit more as it seems critical focus was on the shoulder and not the head. What was your aperture?
I also see a slight magenta cast in the wing feathers and tail (easy fix)
Gail

[Alan Murphy]

Nice job photographing this reunion. Looks a little steep to me.

[Karl Egressy]

I really like the singing pose and the nice clean BG. It is so hard to get a clean BG with warblers so well done!
I would sharpen the head a bit more as it seems critical focus was on the shoulder and not the head. What was your aperture?
I also see a slight magenta cast in the wing feathers and tail (easy fix)
Gail

Thanks, Gail.
Sorry I forgot to post the Exif data.
Canon 1D MIV
Canon 500 f4.0 + 1.4x
ISO 800
F 8.0
1/800 s.
By the way, the active focus point was right on the eye.

[Robert Holguin]

Very nice shot.
Love the singing pose, great perch, and nice background.
Well done.
wonderful story too.

[PhilCook]

So that's your secret....you wish the bird to be there and it just is....must try that one Karl hehehe

Lovely shot and great clutter free image, looks like he's singing his little heart out for you there as well, rather nice backdrop....I wonder if the yellow is a tad strong and blown a little though

[christopher galeski]

nice capture Karl,beautiful bird in a nice pose.

[Satish Ranadive]

Magnificent image.
Love the singing pose,beautiful colors, great perch, and nice background.

Great story too.

Regards,
Satish.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Love it Karl. Beautiful bird beautifully captured

[Daniel Cadieux]

Apart the angle which looks a bit steep I'm really liking this image for the singing pose, colours, and soft BG.

[vishaljadhav]

lovely bird here, the singing pose makes it special

[John Ippolito]

A beautiful image, and enjoyed the reunion story, Karl. Angle mentioned above. Lovely perch, singing pose, and colors. Very nice.

[Frank Schauf]

Nice pose and color.