Yellow-rumped Warbler.

[Daniel Cadieux]

My first warbler of 2014! One of those rare non-setup images for this family of birds, at least for me. It was rather unwary of my presence and I just followed it best I could through my viewfinder until it landed on a clear perch with a good BG. Needless to say the perch would have been prettier had it been a setup, but I am still satisfied with the result as this is my first good image of a breeding plumaged individual of this species. I'm also happy that all yellow field marks are visible (save the left shoulder)

Canon 7D + 500mm f/4 + 1.4TC, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/320s., f/5.6, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, small crop for comp, usual eye work.

[Ian Cassell]

Daniel,
After having spent a few hours the other day trying to get decent warbler images, I really appreciate this one. Nice and sharp and, as you said, with all the markings one wants. The perch works fine for me - the fine quality of the bird pulls the eye away from it anyway. TFS.

[arash_hazeghi]

great pose and sharp details with a nice BG. I agree with your self critique about the perch.

this little guy really pops. TFS

[Binu John]

Excellent shot of the YRW! Love the composition, pose, details and background! It's very hard to get these little guys on a clear perch like this in the wild. But I agree with your self critique that a setup perch with some character would've been better.

[Iain Barker]

Really nice image Daniel. I like that there are no distractions and I like your background. I don't mind the perch but agree a nicer one would make the image even better.

[Andy Shepherd]

The Warbler more than makes up for the perch, and as already mentioned the BG is very clean, giving great isolation for said Warbler. Good work, Daniel.

[christopher galeski]

very nice Daniel,great pose,sharp,good detail,and I think the BG is magic.well done.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Beautiful plumage on this guy and he gave you a nice look-back pose. While not the best perch, this is pretty good for a non-setup shot. Nice of him to perch against a nice bg too.

[Sridatta Chegu]

Very clean and pleasing image. Good HA and pose, clean background, and getting field marks all in one shot is remarkable! Great one Daniel.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Beautiful Daniel, thank you for sharing.