Chestnut-sided Warbler

[Rob Miner]

Trying for a "wall hanger" as opposed to a "bird on a stick."

Camera: D2XS
200-400mm @ 400mm
600mm (in 35mm film)
1/60 sec, f/4
Mode: Av
Metering: Multi-segment
ISO: 100
White balance: Auto
Flash: On
File size: 1,447KB
Image size: 800 x 615
Color space: AdobeRGB
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Low
Contrast: Low
Color profile: Adobe RGB (1998)

C&C will be appreciated.

Rob...............

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the soft light and sharpness. A lower angle and more eye contact would have made it even stronger.

BTW, it looks like a chestnut-sided warbler to me.

[Rob Miner]

Thanks Axel, I stand corrected. Chestnut-sided warbler it is.

Rob...............

[Graham Smith.]

Rob,
You've done well to get this bird in a unique setting. It looks like you've got some wing motion-blur. I'd suggest bumping the iso up a bit from 100 to get a faster SS. I don't mind the HA, but find the busy BG a bit distracting.

[Grace Scalzo]

A great subject! You've got to photograph fast little birds like this with a higher ISO and more shutter speed......the motion blur here is distracting. There are also some odd elements up top and between the bird and the green vegetation. Do you have any more of this beauty?

[Ramon M. Casares]

IMO the BG looks too bussy and with an untidy PP, HA could have been better as well as ambient and BG and I agree with Graham here about going with higher ISO to get better SS.
Congratulations though as the species is nice.