Brown-crested Flycatcher singing on blooming Ocotillo

[Alan Murphy]

Brown-crested Flycatcher
Workshop: Green Valley, AZ. Bill Forbe's Pond
D3, 600, ISO 800, f6.3, 1/3200, -0.3EV.
Had fun with the workshop participants this morning as we all got shots of this special desert species of flycatcher.

[Connie Mier]

You can't beat that head angle, and nicely composed with the beautiful ocotillo. I'm wondering about your high shutter speed and if you intentionly use it for these types of birds. Would an ISO400 and 1/1600 give you similar results?

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Brilliantly done, as usual!
Excellent composition, perch, bg and exposure.
If anything, I'm wondering if you could've traded some of that SS for some additional DOF.

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent pose, beautiful BG and perch.

[Mike Cameron]

Lovely bird and perch. I like the open bill and raised crest, but I think I'd like the head to be a little more parallel to the camera.

[zethar zethar]

Great shot and perfect perch!

[Mack Hicks]

Lovely singng pose. I really like the ocotilla blooms. Didn't get a chance to see this handsome fellow when we were there in April.

[Alan Murphy]

You can't beat that head angle, and nicely composed with the beautiful ocotillo. I'm wondering about your high shutter speed and if you intentionly use it for these types of birds. Would an ISO400 and 1/1600 give you similar results?

It's a great question Connie. Thanks for asking. The D3 is so clean at ISO 800 that there is no need to shoot with lower ISO IMO. The other reason I was at IOS 800 was that the aditional shutter speed was used for action and flight shots as the bird was leaving and landing on the perch, so yes, your techs would render the same result as you see in trhe image, but I would have been handicapped whit a lower shutter speed for when the action started. I could have used more DOF for the plant, but that would have pulled in too much of the BG, so I opted for just enough DOF for the bird. Thanks.

[Leandro Herrainz]

excelent picture, nice bg, sharpness and colors,

saludos!

[Trivedi Vatsal]

Superb image of this beautiful bird. Also the perch is amazing!!