Northern Parula Male

[john crookes]

This photo was taken in the same Plum Bush as the female I posted yesterday.
The Plumbush is located in the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge on Plum Island in MA

Migration starting to wind down now We are hoping for one more wave to come through

Nikon D3
400mm 2.8
2X EXT
1/3000th
F 8
ISO 400
Fill Flash
Monopod

[Jay Tan]

Beautiful environment! Love the flowers and how the bird is framed in between two clusters of them. Would do some denoise on the background. :)

[Gus Cobos]

John,
Very nice composition, with a great habitat. Love the colors on your bird; good head angle and sharp details. My only suggestion is to clone out the vertical branch on the lower right hand side of the perch. This stump is breaking up the diagonal flow and balance of your composition...:D Out side of this, its good...:)

[Daniel Cadieux]

I agree the twig peeking out of LRC must go. Too bad about the shadow across the back of head/nape too, perhaps some correction will improve on that (at least lightening it up). Great species and setting.

[Maxis Gamez]

Hi John,

I like the framing and composition on this one. The light spots in the BG are distracting. I would also remove some noise.

Thanks for sharing and keep them coming!