Common Yellowthroat (m)

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image at Circle B Bar Reserve early this morning. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 500mm F/5.6 VR AF-S ED PF, camera and lens supported by a Oben carbon fiber monopod with a Wimberly MonoGimbal head
1/1600 F/8 Highlight Weighted Metering EV 0 ISO 2200 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 700mm (1050mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2021 and Topaz Denoise AI
Cropped for composition and presentation

P.S. Learn more about Circle B Bar Reserve in the BAA Middle Florida Photography Site Guide that Artie and I co-authored. It is available at this link https://birdsasart-shop.com/the-baa-...ic-site-guide/

[David Pugsley]

That's a great shot of an often elusive bird. Love the colors, pose and perch. You'll think I'm crazy, but the little feather remnant popping out of his head bothers me...I know, OCD. :) On a side note, have all trails now reopened at CB?

[Jonathan Ashton]

Super shot gorgeous little bird, colours and composition/pose are great. I may be tempted to add a little more sharpening to the feet.

[Joseph Przybyla]

That's a great shot of an often elusive bird. Love the colors, pose and perch. You'll think I'm crazy, but the little feather remnant popping out of his head bothers me...I know, OCD. :) On a side note, have all trails now reopened at CB?

Hi David, thank you for viewing and commenting. HaHa... you think you have OCD. I noticed the stray feather, considered removing it but decided to leave it along, for now. Yes, all the trails at Circle B Bar Reserve are open.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Dave and Jon, thank you for viewing and commenting. I went back to the master file and did TIFF again, this time using Neat Image for noise reduction and worked on sharpening in Lightroom. I applied sharpening to the bird and additional local sharpening to the legs and feet. I also removed the small feather mentioned. Thanks again for the suggestions...

[John Mack]

Nice to see the warbler out in the open. I do like that look back/over pose. A nice diaganol perch here as well.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Joe - repost looks better.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice clean image with a perfect head turn from the subject.

[Jay Ing]

Sharp and bright. Details are great. Love it. TFS.

[Dorian Anderson]

Simple. Clean. Really nice. These are touch to get in the open. I have nothing decent of this species despite seeing them all the time while I'm birding.