Another warbler, this one from a different local preserve, taken a month ago. As happens all too often, I was out just after first light, but by the time I found where the warblers were hiding, it was late in the morning. Several warblers were flitting around in dark forest shadows interspersed with bright shafts of light which I did my best to mitigate. And I'm not crazy about the perch, but it's what he chose when he decided to sing for me.
D7000, 700mm, ISO 1600, 1/1000s @ f/7.1 manual, fill @ -1.0.
Well done Bill!
This is my nemesis warbler.
I love the singing pose and the soft, subdued lighting which works well with the black,white and orange.
Lovely details and great color control of the orange.
I would clone out the OOF tree that intersects with the bird in a heartbeat. Otherwise no nits from me!
Gail
Oh a beautiful adult male! All I have in my files are first summer males and females. I like the overall colours. The singing pose is good, but I agree with your self critique about the perch. The angle also looks a tad steep. Perhaps darken the iris just a tad. Beautiful BG that offers a nice subtle hint of habitat. Nice details on the face, too.
Thanks everyone. Comments are appreciated. I agree, now that I look at it, that the iris looks bright. I went back and looked at the RAW file; I did darken the pupil, but the iris was pretty bright in the original. That's not to say that I couldn't tone it down, which I will do to the master file. I rather liked the BG on this one. I did clean it up a bit, but I'm not inclined to do any more cloning or blurring. Gail's point is well taken, though. It would have been better if the oof tree didn't intersect the bill.
I love this! Great light, sharpness and tonal detail! The perch doesn't bother me. The OOF branch in the BG could be mitigated by a masked adjustment layer to change the pinkish color to the warm neutral of the surroundings.
American Redstart
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