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    Default Black-and-white Warbler on Cedar Branch

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    This was a lifer for me, spotted on Thursday in Pocomoke State Park in MD. I spent a lot of time with this guy waiting for him to perch on this particular branch. Shot with my Canon 1DX and 600mm f/4 IS II at f/4, ISO 400, 1/640th. Minimal processing in Lightroom to control highlights and shadows and a few adjustment layers in Photoshop to remove some green color cast from the bird. Slight crop for composition, still about 90% of the original frame. Thanks for looking!
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    Anthony nice shot, wish the HA was better, I like the environment but would prefer a tighter crop, the OOF twigs in the foreground are a bit of a distraction but that couldn't be helped.

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    Congrats on your first sighting of this species! I like the comp as is, but I agree with a better head angle. I also find the yellows too bright and "neon". Other than that, good job on the whites and the blacks, and the image looks sharp where needed.

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    Sharp with a good EXP but angle to the bird is too steep and the head angle hurts as noted above ...

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    Thanks for all the feedback! The head angle is definitely the one thing that really bugged me about the shot right after I took it, so close to being just right. Motivation to keep going for the perfect shot though I guess. And yeah I’ll be posting a bunch more, I’ve been shooting a ton lately and I’m finally getting caught up on editing. Thanks again!

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