Spotted Bush Warbler, Mt. Wawu, China

[Craig Brelsford]

A spotted bush warbler sings his heart out on the Wawu Plateau in Sichuan, China last month. Elev. 2750 m (9,000 ft.).

Device: Nikon D300
Lens: VR 600mm F/4G
Focal length: 600mm
VR: ON
Aperture: F/4
Shutter Speed: 1/400s
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
Exposure Comp.: +0.3EV
Metering: Center-Weighted
ISO Sensitivity: ISO 500

[Deborah Harrison]

Lovely portrait, nice clean background good catch light in the eye. My only comment is the OOF flower in the foreground maybe you could crop slightly at the bottom so that the vividness of the flowers are less distracting.

[Arthur Morris]

My favorite China bird so far. Sharp with a wonderful singing pose and clean BKGR. You could tone down the YELLOWs in one of three ways: 1-de-SAT. 2-15% or so Blue Photo Filter 3-Take away YELLOW (add BLUE) to the YELLOWs in Selective Color.

[Doug Brown]

Great singing pose! Artie makes an excellent suggestion about the yellows of an otherwise excellent perch. I don't know what these birds look like but it seems like some more contrast might help.

[Michael Zajac]

Sharp and nice singing pose. I agree w/ Doug, a touch more contrast. I'd also tone down the yellows.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Hi
What a nice singing pose & BG. Artie's Comment covered everything.

[Hendri Venter]

Just love the calling pose, colourfull perch and smooth BG. Lovely image Craig.

[Craig Brelsford]

Thanks for the tips! I'm moving through hundreds of shots but will swing back and apply your suggestions. The flower is an obvious problem, but I was wondering about contrast. What exactly could be improved, and how exactly would I make the improvement?

[Glenda Simmons]

Love the singing pose!