Yellow warbler

[Richard Stern]

I tried to smooth out the background, and tried various crops, but decided to leave the bird in the middle to show the flowers, and leave the leaves on the right. I removed an oof branch close to the bird. Comments welcome, and how can I better smooth the oof leaves etc. in the background to the right of the bird?

Thanks for any help.

Richard


Camera Model: NIKON D70s , 300 f/4 AF-S +1.4TC.
Focal Length: 420.0mm (35mm equivalent: 630mm)
Focus Distance: 6.31m
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 0.0020 s (1/500)
ISO equiv: 640
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: No
Color Space: sRGB

[Lance Peters]

Hi richard - did you use any NR on the entire image - bird has quite a smooth look and is lacking in fine detail.
Large crop?

[Alfred Forns]

I like the overall feel Richard This is so close !! Agree with Lance and wish those oof leafs lower left were not as prominent .. still mighty fine image !!!

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Lovely bird and the yellows look under control. You could use the patch tool, clone tool, or content aware if you have CS5 to work on the branches.

[Dave Mills]

Hi Richard, Yellow Warblers are beautiful and wish I had a chance at shooting them. Good lighting but agree the bird is lacking in fine detail. If this were mine I would get rid of the branches on the right and play with a crop on the left. Very often it's difficult to get a clean shot in habitat...

[Diego Torrentes]

Hi Richard:
I'd like a little more details on the feathers, and a slighty tight crop at the upper and bottom side, but I like the image very much because of the smooth colors and its harmony. Well done!
I'm looking forward to seeing more.

[Glenda Simmons]

My eyes are pulled away from your very nice subject and flowers by the little branches to the right. I like the leaves to the right. Certainly worth trying to make a few edits on this one. The bird on the flowering perch is so complimentary!