Orange-crowned Warbler

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Folks;

I don't like posting with feeders and bird with no room up front. However, this is a very good representation of the Orange-crowned Warbler even to the faint orange showing on the crown. This bird loves suet and is the only bird I have seen who will sit below a Hummingbird feeder & fly up and take a sip from the bottom. Have got many photos of him in flight, however, most back views.

Comments always welcome and very much appreciated.

Olympus E-3, Zuiko ED 50-200mm f2.8-3.5 SWD, @ 400 mm equiv.
AP: F/7.1, 1/400s, ISO 160, -1.30eV, CWA, sRGB, AWB. Light fill flash with Oly TTL flash at -0.7

[annmpacheco]

Beautiful bird Gus. Looks like it could use sharpening especially around the head area. Also BG is noisy. Yikes, but I wouldn't know yet how to remedy this, TFS Ann

[James Shadle]

Gus,
Did you need to lighten the image in post processing?

[pat lillich]

beautiful colors Gus - would love to see some of your flight photos of him.

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Folks;

Thanks for looking.

James; I shoot both RAW & LF JPG . Here's an untouched JPG

Gus

[Peter Farrell]

Beautiful bird, good record shot. TFS
Peter

[Julie Kenward]

Gus, I'd select the BG area and move the midtone slider to bring those grays down to black so the noise issue doesn't show.

What a beautiful bird! You need to find a way to get a perch out there for him to stand on with some little pieces of suet tied to them. :)

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Folks;

Thanks for looking.

Jules, followed your good advice (as usual) great inprovement.

What do you think?

Gus

[Julie Kenward]

It's lovely, Gus!