Project: Birds in Habitat - A Pine warbler in a pine tree

[Brian Grant]

[Joerg Rockenberger]

I myself don't have a good idea yet as for what constitutes a good Bird in Habitat image. But I am concerned the shooting angle, the almost merging of a ??? with the bird's head and the small portion of the bird in the frame may doom this image in this particular category.

I like the exposure and apparent sharpness though. Best, JR

[Brian Grant]

I'm not too sure myself. I tend to come here to look at the pictures and get IDs through the "OH YEAH, that's what that bird is" method.

I generally prefer to take pictures of birds which contain significant amount of habitat. I consider myself more of a nature than bird photographer. Someone once referred to one of my pictures as a birdscape since the bird did not dominate the frame and the picture didn't have enough scope to make it a landscape.

The object almost touching the head of the bird is a pine needle

[Connie Mier]

If only that bird had been facing more toward you, although I think you did a great job getting the bird sharp and well exposed. The oof branch is distracting, a difficult setting for a clean shot, for sure.

[Brian Grant]

If only that bird had been facing more toward you, although I think you did a great job getting the bird sharp and well exposed. The oof branch is distracting, a difficult setting for a clean shot, for sure.

Thanks for the comment.

Warblers are rotten little birds that hide behind leaves and hop around all the time.

Then, when you finally do get a picture of them it takes forever to figure out which warbler it is. Not as bad as peeps perhaps but difficult nonetheless.:D

[Arthur Morris]

Yes to sharp and a good EXP but after that it is all down hill :) You needed the bird 20 feet lower down on a clean branch. Check out Alan Murphy's Blue-winged Warbler image above. He attracts the birds into photographic range and puts attractive perches up by his water drip pond.

[Brian Grant]

I don't bait birds. I don't stage scenes. I shoot what I see in nature and like to keep the nature in the picture.

[Arthur Morris]

Obviously your choice. I was trying to be helpful. For birds in habitat type images both the bird and the habitat need to be pleasing to the eye.....