Chestnut sided warbler (first year juvie)

[Mike Lentz]

One more from my northern MN warbler odyssey.
Cropped from horizontal.
I'm off to S.C. so I won't be around til after the 21st. :D



Nikon D300 ~ Nikkor 300mm F/2.8 with Nikon 1.4x TC on Gitzo tripod
ISO 400 ~ F/5.6 ~ 1/2000 sec ~ - 1/3 EV

[Ramon M. Casares]

Amazing pose, detail, BG, perch, textures, colors, and comp. Big congratulations!

[Randy Stout]

Mike:

Very nice. Better DOF here c/w last post, and I do prefer this one.
Nicely exposed, singing pose, BG, all good.

I wish the white strands in the FG were a bit darker, but fear that any adjustments might cause more harm than good. I might consider a 20% crop of the open area at the top of the picture, just personal taste.

Have a safe trip!

Randy

[Matthew Studebaker]

I certainly like the crop as-is. Excellent singing pose. Of course he is scruffy but that's how they look at that age. I do like the perch and background. My only nit is that it looks a little soft to me - maybe a few more passes of smart sharpen would do the trick?