Yellow-rumped Warbler in urban garden

[Dan Brown]

I shot this image in my backyard today. The bird has been "flycatching" near my waterfeature and sometimes landing on my Japanese Maple. Slight crop and PP in ACR and CS3, sharpened with Nik, BG NR with Noise Ninja. Wish the tail was in focus:(. C&C welcome.

Camera Model: NIKON D300, tripod mounted
Shutter speed: 1/1500 sec
Aperture: 8
Exposure mode: Manual
Flash: Optional,TTL, -1 2/3
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 400
Lens: VR 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D
Focal length: 400mm
Focal length: 600mm (in 35mm film)
VR Image Stabilization: On
AF mode: AF-C

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

looks like painting...beautiful colors,pose...perch!

[Harshad Barve]

what a beautiful habitat and such a cute bird
I liked this very much as posted
TFS

[David Fletcher]

Super pose and colors Dan. Might remove the second catchlight, but that's pretty minor. Well done.

[Paul Randall]

Beautiful Dan. Nice flash work, the OOF tail and the second catch light don't bother me too much.
Just a pity about the second branch behind the bird. Great stuff, Paul Randall.

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Hi Dan!
Very pretty shot and love the autumn colours that frame the bird. Love it as posted.
Best,
Nicki

[Stu Bowie]

Super pose, and love the colourful surrounding foliage. Well captured.

[denise ippolito]

Beautiful pose and fall foliage colors,very nice details and HA. I might remove the second catchlight if it were mine. Seems your water feature is bringing in the birds!!

[Geraldo Hofmann]

Beautiful picture, I go with Paul the second branch is a little bit destructing but ... well its nature. Maybe ( if its possible) moving the bird a little bit more to the right would make it a even stronger composition.
I love the crisp bird and don't care about the tail or th ehighlights in th e bg.

Geraldo

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Look at those leafs!
Great looking bird, love the inquisitive look and pose. The second catch light could be easily removed.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Nice looking Bird, good eye contact and details... congrats..