Mangrove Warbler

[ChasMcRae]

This is the native Yellow Warbler on Ambergris Caye off the coast of Belize,Central America.
It was intermixed with Yellow Warblers which were more numerous and assume these were migrants.
All the activity occurred at a water feature in a small 3 acre native coast forest in a heavily developed area.

Chas.

Mangrove_Warbler_23862WR06.jpg
File size: 139KB
Camera Model: Canon EOS 40D
Camera serial number: 1120719490
Firmware: Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows
Owner: Charles W. Mc Rae
Date/Time: 2009:05:05 10:15:10
Copyright: ©Chas.Mc Rae
Shutter speed: 1/100 sec
Aperture: 5
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: -1/3
Flash: On
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 640
Lens: 600mm
Focal length: 600mm
Subject distance: 6.2 m
Image size: 800 x 687
Rotation: none
White balance: Auto
Color space: sRGB
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Normal
Contrast: Normal
Color profile: sRGB IEC61966-2.1

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Beautiful bird, good angle and eye contact. It looks a bit overflashed, you could try to adjust contrast, crop a bit off the top and run NR on the BG.

[James Shadle]

Chas,
This is a absolutely gorgeous bird!
IMO a levels adjustment to increase to contrast would make a nice improvement.
Another pass of USM and noise reduction will put this over the top!
Nice when the critiques offer post shutter suggestions:).
James

[Desmond Chan]

It seems to me Axel is suggesting reducing the contrast a bit while James want it to be increased. Hmmm...it's probably just me :D

Anyhow, on my monitor, the yellow looks like its brightness could be reduced by a tad. Perhaps a bit more sharpening around the beak. Otherwise, this photo looks quite natural to me.

[Mike Lentz]

GEEZ! I just got all excited as I am heading to Isle of palms for vacation in a few days and I thought "great bird" Then I read on and see it was taken a little bit farther south.
I agree with Axels assesments.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

It seems to me Axel is suggesting reducing the contrast a bit while James want it to be increased. Hmmm...it's probably just me :D

I guess I was not really clear, I meant to say 'increase contrast'. :)

[ChasMcRae]

I increased contrast somewhat,ran NR again ,tried to tone down yellow a little and selectively sharpened bill.
Look any better ?


Chas.