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    A Northern Parula Warbler that, unusually, came down from the canopy to be photographed. Definitely a habitat image but certainly presents their typical foraging behavior. PP included 50% crop, Richardson-Lucy restoration, a removal of distracting highlights around bottom of the perch.

    Date/Time Original : 2011-07-23 1258 hrs
    Camera Model Name : NIKON D300
    Lens ID : AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED
    Shutter Speed : 1/160
    Aperture: 5.6
    ISO : 400
    White Balance : Auto
    Focal Length: 300.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 450.0 mm)
    Focus Distance: 3.16 m
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    Nice one, David. I like the perched position and HA. I stalked one of these fellows for several days in Maine last week, as he was feeding his offspring; had him in low foliage for a bit, but never got a clean shot. I know how difficult they are to capture. Bird has a bit of green cast, presumably from light filtered through the foliage. Grey angled oof stem is a little distracting to me. Easy things to fix if you were so inclined.

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    Hello David, I like the pose and I like the way the colors in the bg compliment the bird. Good point by

    Bill about the oof stick and it would probably be easy to select the right side and tone it down.

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    Difficult conditions tucked away in foliage, but you have done well here. Good pose, and maybe toning down the right hand side of the BG will work better. I agree the OOF branch could go too.

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    Hi David. Good points above. This is a situation where flash would have helped immensely. You could have both brightened your subject and darkened your BG.
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    Thanks for all your suggestions. Can't redo with a flash, but can lose the OOF twig and remove the green color cast.

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