Black-and-white Warbler.

[Daniel Cadieux]

These guys are just too cool. Quite common in its preferred habitat, but always a treat to observe. Here's a view of the topside.

Canon 7D + 500mmf/4 II + 1.4TC, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/1000s., f/5.6, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, some dodging and burning, eye work, and an extra leaf at top cloned out. Small crop for comp (about 80% FF). Audio used.

[Marina Scarr]

This is really top notch, Daniel!!! Love the fuzziness of the branch and the B&W bird against the colors of the rest of the frame!!! The bird's pose is perfect for this comp.

[Diane Miller]

BG and perch colors are wonderful against the well-defined B/W bird. The leaves balance the bird very nicely.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Dan, excellent IQ, and love the soft light. The warbler is well exposed on both blacks and whites, tack sharp, and I like how you have framed him between the foliage and bottom of the frame.

[arash_hazeghi]

sweet, excellent exposure and details. wish there were some leaves at the bottom too, to balance the composition.

[Greg Oakley]

Lovely image of an interesting species Daniel! I feel like the bird should be just a smidge higher in the frame,
Cheers, Greg

[Satish Ranadive]

Extremely beautiful image.Wonderful colors in background on which bird pops up so nicely.Great IQ and composition.
Love the top side view,perch,lights,very nice details in whites and blacks.
Would like to learn the eye work in details, Daniel Sir.

Regards,
Satish.

[vishaljadhav]

A superbly balanced image, i love the topside capture of the bird
Lovely one all the way

[Grace Scalzo]

Sweet view of this little one, and I like the narrow dof. The leaves top side look like an umberella. I would remove the partial one ulc that is not attached to anything.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Would like to learn the eye work in details, Daniel Sir.
Regards,
Satish.

Thanks guys! Satish, most of my processing of bird images include darkening of the pupil by using the burn tool ("shadows", brush hardness set to 30%, 6-8% exposure). Sometimes that is enough...if not then the irises are dodged too (same settings as the burn tool) and then saturation added selectively by using the sponge tool at 8%. It is easy to overdo it so just be very careful when going the "eye doctoring" route...

[Melissa Groo]

I love this image, Daniel. It is just utterly artistic and pleasing to the eye. That fuzzy perch, the background colors, the way the bird pops out, it's almost a 3D effect. Great work.

[Bill Dix]

I just love these little guys; so graphic. Nicely captured topside view, with good detail, exposure. Great perch, which looks almost tropical for Ontario.