Yellow Warbler In The Dunes

[Jim Fenton]

I found this beauty repeatedly perching on an old scrag in the dunes Dunes along the ocean Saturday morning and I of course had to take a photo.

Nikon D300, 500 AFS VR lens with a TC17EII. ISO 500, NearUniWB preset, 1/500, Center weighted metering, +.7 EV compensation.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great eye contact and details in the yellows. A lower angle would have been even better, but I guess that was not in the cards.

[Jim Fenton]

I guess I need to start hauling a step ladder with me :)

I agree, but sometimes things are just up higher than me.

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Jim,
Nice capture and composition. I like the colors of your bird...I do notice that his eye needs a little selective sharpening...:cool:

[Grace Scalzo]

The yellow just pops off the blue sky. Nice pose, I like when you can see the breast, back, and side in the same image. THere is something about the feathers by their eye that always look a little soft, bet another round of selective sharpening will help. Real nice work.

[Robert Amoruso]

The angle does not bother me here - it is not steep. The yellow against the blue is so striking. Great job.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Beautiful image and I love the way this one just pops against the blue sky. Love it just as posted. Thanks for sharing Jim.

[Fabs Forns]

Lovely color palette and definition, your focal length worked in flattening the steep angle. Very well done, Sir :)

[Daniel Cadieux]

I love the simplistic feel to this image!! Sometimes less is more :-)

[Maxis Gamez]

Hi Jim,

Love the head turn, catchlight and color contrast. Very nice as presented!