yellow warbler #3

[Enrique Patino]

last one of these yellow warblers at this location. Thanks for looking

Attachment 141948

7D, 700mm @ f/8, 1/640, ISO 800, HH, FF

[vishaljadhav]

Nice perch, intersting composition
details look nice
the only nit is that the bird is looking away
nice one over all

[Karl Egressy]

The exposure control is the best on this one among the three. Excellent detail and colors, Enrique.

[Enrique Patino]

The exposure control is the best on this one among the three. Excellent detail and colors, Enrique.

Thanks Karl.

I am not sure members use terms related to exposure consistently. Overexposed, exposure control, toning down, etc. I am not sure I can understand the intended meaning with certainty.

Many people use the histogram in the field to assess exposure - intentionally exposing to the right. YW # 1's histogram was way to the right, but not clipped. So what is the best way to process that image understanding that yellow is hard to control when bright? What is the best way to do feathered global and local adjustments for that (type of) image?

I get that a bright subject on a bright BG is different that the same on a darker BG, etc. But to simply say the image is too bright does not offer an alternative for that given image. That image is of two bright subjects on a bright BG - It is a bright image by nature. Is there any way to work with that image to get the most out of it?

I think what I am hearing in this forum is that this particular comp works best when not exposed to the right.

The main diff here is that this yellow warbler # 3 was taken under filtered/indirect light near the forest floor (the intensity of the light on the subject is much lower than for the previous two images).

thanks again