Chestnut-sided Warbler

[Bill Dix]

Taken a month ago in a local woods. It's tough to get these little guys in the forest without resorting to a high ISO and a fair amount of foliage removal in PP as I did here. And of course they like to stay above you. Still, I was glad to add him to my list of warblers. C&C always appreciated.

D7000, 700m, ISO 2000, 1/500s @ f/7.1 manual, fill at -1.7, tripod, audio.

[Grace Scalzo]

Bill, I feel as if a signigicant crop from the top might be worth considering. I realize the difficulty of images such as this, so I hesitate to mention it, but I'm not thrilled with how the perch intersects the frame. That said, I have almost no warblers in my files and you have been sharing one after the other this summer. Impressive.

[Gabriela Plesea]

Great image Bill! I expected some, but I see no noise whatsoever at ISO 2000 with the D7000-this is wonderful, the bird is sharp and I love the pose. The BG is a stunner, I see what Grace means by cropping from the top but on the other hand I wouldn't want to lose the lovely OOF leaves/flowers. I like this image as it is, congratulations on this great capture and processing!

Kind regards,

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the pose, open beak, exposure, sharpness and details. Well done under challenging conditions Bill!

[gail bisson]

Hi Bill,
We are going to have to start calling you the "warbler king"!
Nice pose and comp. I like the canopy of flowers and leaves you left in the image but could see a bit more off the top.
I see a bit of noise in the tail and far wing( easy fix).
I wish I had this many good warbler shots in my files.
I call warbler photography "extreme photography"!
gail

[David Salem]

Great job with a challenging subject. I think a little off the top would look good. Nice detail for the high IOS. Well done

[Satish Ranadive]

Marvelous image, Bill Sir.Love the singing pose with nice colors,details and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Shawn Zierman]

The calling pose is excellent. A handsome warbler captured on a nicely sized perch. The background and particularly what's going on at the top of the frame, give the image a nice "forest" feel. Well done overall. I don't have any suggestions regarding cropping differently.

[Bill Dix]

Thanks everyone for your comments and suggestions. Before posting the OP, I had experimented with several alternate crops, including this one that cropped out some of the canopy. I liked the canopy and opted for one that approximated a more traditional 3:2 format, but its all about personal preference, I guess.