Chestnut-sided Warbler.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Despite all the fresh green foliage and beautiful flowers budding on trees this time of year, this fella sometimes chooses to perch on last season's dried plants. This species likes new growth forest with open spaces and meadows so there is no lack of milkweeds, mulleins, and other tall plants to dry up. Makes for pretty neat images nonetheless, especially with a fresh BG!

Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/320s., f/7.1, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, FF, darkened the pupil, evicted a couple of ugly webs on the flower head.

[keith mitchell]

Dan this is a smashing looking little warbler with beautiful colours that fit the BG perfectly,bird is nice and sharp and well exposed,no problem with the natural dried plant.

Keith.

[Bill Dix]

Beautiful image with great pose and perch, and a gorgeous spring background. Well done.

[Joe Subolefsky]

Really like everything about it. Only way I could see it MAYBE being any better would have been a little head turn with eye contact.

[Loi Nguyen]

Daniel, this fellow was posing for you. The colors are just lovely. Perfect exposure for both the black and the white. Loi

[Marina Scarr]

This image is an all around gem, Daniel, and that perch and BG are just amazing.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Very nicely composed and processed, I always enjoy seeing the legs on differing parts of the perch - I don't know why but it seems to add that certain little extra.

[Russ Norwood]

Beautiful work. I like the dried flower perch for the contrast it implies on many levels.

Russ Norwood

[Gabriela Plesea]

Superb image Daniel, from the little Warbler to the dried plants and BG!
Beautifully exposed and lovely colours, nice DOF, great IQ - I am loving this

Warmest regards,

[David Salem]

Wow! That's a great songbird image. Love the colors, setting and the comp. Well done

[Diane Miller]

Gorgeous all a round -- pose, detail, color, BG, and a great perch that picks up the browns in the bird.

[Glenn Conlan]

Nothing more to say, this is a great post and very pleasing image