Palm Warbler in Autumn Setting.

[Daniel Cadieux]

This year was lousy for fall shorebird migration, but to make up for it, fall warbler migration was decent. Always a trade-off! Here is one of many Palm Warblers that were roaming within the changing sumac leaves during a particularly productive day. The leaf at left almost looks like a "palm" too...

Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/1000s., f/5.6, ISO 1600, natural light, handheld, about 80% FF, the branch cutting behind the bird's head has been lightened (dodge tool), and a couple of small "imperfections" within the leaves repaired via spot removal tool. NR to the BG.

[gail bisson]

Just love,love the color palette here.
The BG acts as a really nice foil to the plainer warbler but matches the yellow vent nicely.
As always, good IQ and processing.
This is nice as presented but I could see a version with the stem curving behind the tail removed,
Gail

[Bill Dix]

Lovely fall colors, and nice cooperative pose from the warbler.

[annmpacheco]

Gotvtonlove bthe Fall colors here Dan and a good look at the palm warbler. It's difficult to frame a small bird amidst the many branches but this is very nice.

[Brian Sump]

Daniel, glad to hear of the abundance of Warblers!

Tons of color here, wow. Your typical high IQ subject, perhaps you could've stopped down here just a touch to get the whole bird?

BKG is a touch busy for my taste but how do you not love that bright fall colored foliage?! Gail's suggestion may really help.

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

I like the colors in be background though I do not like the brown branch

TFS

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Hi Dan the bird really pops against the colourful BG, though its a bit busy it doesn't bother me. Nice details and sharpness.

[John Mack]

The color makes this one. Screams fall. Nice pose on the bird.

[dankearl]

Wild fall colors, almost overpowers the bird but a great fall photo.