Arctic Warbler

[gail bisson]

Canon 1DX
F 600mm II and 1.4X
ISO 400
f 8.0
SS 1/640
This is one of the specialty species in Nome. Thanks to Matthew Studebaker for finding this cutie.
PP- crop as a vertical from landscape orientation, NR to BG, cloned out 1 part of small branch intersecting with frame on RHS, levels, DE at 3% , sharpen JPEG at 30% / 0.3
Comments and critiques always appreciated and learned from with thanks,
Gail

[Girish Prahalad]

lovely calling pose. like the perch, details & BG.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Gail, I like your choice of comp, and with the warbler placed high in the frame. Good angled calling/singing pose, and the little guy is tack sharp. Light looks great, and the colour to the BG seems to compliment him nicely.

[Doug Brown]

Like the calling pose and the nice perch. I might trim a little canvas off the top.

[Gary Esman]

Hi Gail, really like the composition on this one. The bunch of twigs in the bottom right corner here add a lot. Nice look back calling pose, great background, sharp and well seen. Nice. Gary.

[Jeannean Ryman]

Aww, what a cutie patootie! Wonderful background, calling pose, composition, and details. Excellent!

[dankearl]

Nice pose and an artful comp.
Nome has beautiful backgrounds it seems.
Your photo's are going to cost me, It is on my list!

[Satish Ranadive]

Absolutely superb image of beautiful warbler. I like the placement of bird in the frame, superb composition.
Love the nice look back pose with open beak,great details,lights and beautiful BG.

Regards,
Satish.

[Shawn Zierman]

Light quality is excellent. I enjoy the backside view of the species with a great head angle and calling pose. Background achieved is beautiful and shows the subject and perch nicely. Was audio used?

[gail bisson]

Light quality is excellent. I enjoy the backside view of the species with a great head angle and calling pose. Background achieved is beautiful and shows the subject and perch nicely. Was audio used?

Yes, we used audio once Mathhew identified their song coming from some bushes. I should have mentioned that in the OP.
Gail

[jack williamson]

I like this very much, excellent comp (maybe a little off the bottom) great exposure and pose, awesome BG. Your images from Nome have been really good.

Jack

[Frank Schauf]

Sweet BG colors and look back pose.

[vishaljadhav]

The thing that i like about this image is the composition , it takes the cake for me here
other than that the details , exposure and the head turn are nice however the composition stands out

[Bill Dix]

What a treat to see this guy, and encourage him to sing for you. Beautiful light (nice the sun came out), and I love the comp just as is. What a trip!

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent top side view, love the calling pose. sharp. a bit too small in the frame for me