Chestnut Sided Warbler

[Stuart Edwards]

Called in with a smartphone app. cloned out 1 small branch and applied a gausian blur to the background because it was quite busy. I had a perfect background lined up but thats not where he landed.
Converted in DPP and selective sharpening in photoshop
1DXII 400 f5.6L + ex1.4
1/640 f8 iso1600
shot from a tripod in a blind.

[Walker Noe]

This is nice and sharp, especially for an f5.6 lens with a teleconverter. It looks as though you may have lost the whites around the auricular feathers. I wouldn't have guessed that you blurred it, nice job on that, and detail and colors look good. I might prefer a little more room on right. . . TFS

[Daniel Cadieux]

Fantastic details! I like the colour and texture to the perch. I imagine the cloned branch was underneath the far foot - there is some red showing between it and the wing. Good comp, and I like the yellowish area in ULC.

[Marina Scarr]

Stunning bird, colors and image. Great feather detail. Great eye, Daniel. I would not have noticed that detail!

[Jack Backs]

Beautiful bird. Nice job on the post processing. Excellent detail except in some of the white areas as already noted.

[John Mack]

Very nice. Good pose on the bird and i like the perch. I don't mind the background.