American Redstart.

[Daniel Cadieux]

This beautiful male in breeding plumage was cooperative enough to perch on a fresh twig of foliage. I did physically pluck out a couple of leaves beforehand to give it room to land in a good spot, and the plan worked - albeit with the use of audio.

Canon R6 + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/400s., f/9, ISO 1600, handheld, FF, reduced a couple of bright highlights shining form the leaves, and did lift a few of the deeper shadows (light was getting a little harsh for my taste by this time). Also used the Spot Removal tool to get rid of two pesky short strands of spider webbing on the subject.

[Gabriela Plesea]

Dan, I am so jealous of your images, always!
Superb composition, beautifully exposed and great detail on the subject. Wonderful pose. Those orange feathers, aaaaargh...love everything about this

Warmest regards,

[William Dickson]

Looking real good Dan...Pose, HA and detail look perfect. The BG colours blend well with the leaves.

Will

[Andreas Liedmann]

Love the overall color contrast and the sweet bird sitting in the provided spot ... you really seem to have a good hand for the use of audio to attract the birds . I am using it when possible , but they do land all over the place ... not surely where I want them got land .
Very well captured and processed Dan ... not nits from my side

TFS Andreas

[Brian Sump]

Another beauty Daniel. You are crushing it with the attractive songbirds so far!

A really great [curious?] pose amidst the larger trees. And simple yet colorful bkg to go with.

Keep em coming mate!

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Dan, well executed as usual and the choice of set-up means the subject pops very well against the colour palette. Both leaves and branch are in sympathy to the size of subject, so it's all in keeping.

Taking a leaf out of Alan M book, (no pun intended), you should do some educational postings on your set-ups, how you choose your perches for the subjects, positioning, backdrops etc. It would be a winner in my book and something that would help a lot of folk IMHO.

TFS
Steve

[Gabriela Plesea]

(no pun intended)[/I], you should do some educational postings on your set-ups, how you choose your perches for the subjects, positioning, backdrops etc. It would be a winner in my book and something that would help a lot of folk IMHO.

TFS
Steve

Thank you Steve, agree 100%