Pine Warblers on Redbud

[Alan Murphy]

Pine Warblers - Male and Female

Harris Co, TX

D2Xs, 600 MM, ISO 250, f7 @ 1/500, - 0.7 EV, fill @ -1.7.

I had this pair of Pine Warblers coming down to suet. The male was so tame he would eat from my finger. Out of the few frames I got of both the male and female together, only one frame had the heads in a good position.

[Fabs Forns]

I knew it was your from the thumbnail :)
Excellent job of getting both in the frame, and with a pleasing composition.
I love the way the branches radiate out in a great arrangement, thanks for sharing and always a treat to have you here.

[Steve Maxson]

Amazing to get both birds in sharp focus - and perfectly placed on an attractive perch too! Very well done, Alan.

[Randy Stout]

Alan:

Very nice as mentioned by Fabs and Steve. the tree is lovely and the framing it provides is great. Was this one a setup? If so, how did you keep the tree buds so fresh?

Thanks for sharing.

Randy

Randy

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Beautiful setting, BG and great to have both male and female in the frame. Sometimes when I look at an image I'm quite certain who made it. :)

[Alan Murphy]

Alan:

Very nice as mentioned by Fabs and Steve. the tree is lovely and the framing it provides is great. Was this one a setup? If so, how did you keep the tree buds so fresh?

Thanks for sharing.

Randy

Randy

Thanks Randy, as mentioned, the birds were coming to suet. I set the perch up next to the suet. The cut perch was placed in a bottle of water held in place by a tripod. Hope that helps.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Alan...one of the best images I have seen in a while. The design of it is fantastic. And with the birds facing in different directions.....WOW !! Infact the design is so good, that I think I will prefer less tight crop with more flowers and smaller birds :-)

I had read in one of your interviews that you visualize images beforehand...but I bet this surprised even you.

[A_Maddah]

Hi Alan
great shot.
good composition and colors.lovely shot.

Asad

[Mital Patel]

Hi alan,
to me everything seems to be in good shape.
center balance through bird and sticks.
colors and sharpness with good EXP.

[denise ippolito]

Alan, I like the composition with the male and female perfectly framed by the lovely branches-not to mention the beautiful BG that looks carefully painted!!

[Randy Stout]

Alan:

Thanks for the info re: the setup. I thought you must have some magic to keep your perches looking so fresh.

Now lets see, I have all this old light stands around, I will have to get out a few super clamps and see what I can rig up!

Lovely picture.

Randy

[Mark Dumbleton]

Stunning image Alan! To my mind this is perfect! Lovely comp, colours, BG, getting good head angles on both birds and those small flowers add power to this! Well done!

[Octavio Campos Salles]

Lovely composition and perch (as always)! Excellent image and thanks for sharing the tip on perch placement.