Common Yellowthroat

[Daniel Cadieux]

I didn't have much time for photography this weekend (both my youngest son and my wife's birthdays) so I only headed out a couple of hundred meters from home to photograph this beautiful little fella this morning. Audio and blind used to lure it onto this chosen perch (a naturally fallen small tree that I dragged in front of a suitable BG).

Canon 40D + 100-400L @370, aperture priority, evaluative metering, 1/200s., f/6.3, ISO 200, -0.3 EC, natural light, handheld, ~85% full-frame.

[Lorant Voros]

Than you live in a great place, Daniel. Very nice image, nice perch, BG, great detail and sharpness. Congrats.

[Art Kornienko]

Hi Dan, looks a bit dark and might need a bit more sharpening, at least on my monitor, perch and comp are very nice.

[Rene Quenneville]

I like the soft light. Sharpness is ok for me. Lovely background. The perch may be a little big for the bird.
I like it a lot.

[Randy Stout]

Daniel:

Nice to be able to capture and image close to home!

Lovely colors. I do agree with Art re: sharpness. The near wing and abdomen appear sharper than the eye and bill. Not much, but perhaps another round of USM, esp. on the eye.

Happy birthday to your crew!

Randy

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Daniel, cool little guy, and I like the softer colours on him. Lovely perch, and well postioned against a great OOF BG.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Great Image Sir.. loved the colours and details Here..

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the angle, pose and BG. Another vote for a slightly lighter image and a bit more sharpening of the head.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Very nice comp, light, colors, texture,s perch, BG and detail. Congratulations!