Orange-crowned Warbler "With a Raised Crown"

[James Salywoda]

Orange-crowned Warbler
Southern California

This bird was cooperative but it has a messed up face as its missing some feathers but he sure was singing away.


Nikon D7000 AFS 600 F4
1/1600 F 6.3 ISO 1000

[Kerry Perkins]

Hi Jim, nice capture, background, and singing pose. The colors of the bg and plant really compliment this bird. The foliage covering the tail is a bit of an issue, but not a show-stopper to me. It's a nice environment bit and it would be obvious if you tried to remove it. I like the sunset (or sunrise) in the eye.

[Brendan Dozier]

Nice looking image, Jim. Like the singing pose, BG color, habitat and I agree, foilage across tail is a minor issue. Good job!

[arash_hazeghi]

super calling pose and details Jim!

[Dumay de Boulle]

Top notch IQ and I love then perch..great stuff

[Ofer Levy]

You did your part perfectly well as usual. However, the missing feathers kill this image for me...

[Stu Bowie]

Good singing pose, and I like the leafy perch. The warbler is also placed nicely in the open.

[Dan Brown]

Beautiful light, sharpness, comp and HA, James! I have seen O.C. warblers with this moulting on the face before? I guess it's a moult? Anyway, even though this image isn't the immaculate plumage shot of the species, it is a great image to illustrate this condition! Nice!

[Melissa Groo]

Beautiful colors and composition, I really love this one, Jim. Great sharpness too.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the singing pose, composition, sharpness and habitat. Well done James!