Pine Warbler

[Duane Noblick]

Make	Canon
Model	Canon EOS 50D
Flash Used	No
Focal Length	500 mm
Exposure Time	1/500 sec
Aperture	f/8
ISO Equivalent	320
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Mode	spot
JPEG Quality
Exposure Program	aperture priority

This image was captured in my backyard set-up. A stick was removed protruding from the top of it's head heading towards the upper right(ish) of the frame.

[Sid Garige]

Perfect techs. Exposure, details and head angle are wonderful.

Not big fan of a perch going through frame. It might be just me.

[Peter Farrell]

Super! Good detail, light and BG

[Caroline Darmo]

Sweet! Great head angle and details. I like the background and wish the bird had chosen a different perch. Was this a drip pond set-up?

[Duane Noblick]

Thank you for the critiques. Not sure what a drip pond is...however, there is a feeder in the area. The BG is the trunk of a mature Pine tree about 60' behind the bird. As far as the stick...one of my main problems is at this close distance using the 500mm f/4L I cannot get the whole bird in focus head to tail with the stick going left to right of the frame while maintaining a nice even BG. I can live with the stick personally..I wasn't photographing it even though it's part of the scene. :)

[Hendri Venter]

Very nice detail, pose ande BG. Very good capture Duane.