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
Handheld
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.
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.
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.