Prothonotary Warbler

[Paul Kammen]

Was happy to see this little guy singing the other night at a county park where he's nesting for the summer. Any thoughts/comments appreciated. Shot with Canon 7D Mark II, 800mm, ISO 2500 - it was cloudy and later in the day, and I was under a bunch of trees. Shutter is 1/400 on the tripod, f 6.3.

[Michael Thompson]

Hi Paul, cool to see another Minnesotan here! Nice find! and on a open perch, and singing! I still haven't seen one yet. It has been a tough year for me for warblers this year. I finally wandered up to Duluth and saw thousands of them, but they were skittish and stayed up high, so no pics. Looks like the bird and branch could use a bit of sharpening, it looks a touch soft to me. ~ MT

[Ritesh Nangare]

Beautiful bird with calling pose here... Love the parch and BG .... The details missing here on both Subject and parch feels very flat image..

[Walker Noe]

Did you NR the bird? It looks like the detail is gone. Nice pose and light.

[Paul Kammen]

Hi Paul, cool to see another Minnesotan here! Nice find! and on a open perch, and singing! I still haven't seen one yet. It has been a tough year for me for warblers this year. I finally wandered up to Duluth and saw thousands of them, but they were skittish and stayed up high, so no pics. Looks like the bird and branch could use a bit of sharpening, it looks a touch soft to me. ~ MT

Hi Michael, thanks for the comments. It might be due to some of the noise reduction. I did work it again in RAW.