This was shot at a local park back in May. To attract the bird I used a bit of audio.
This is a 70% crop of the original frame. The original file was underexposed by 1 stop
so I had to pull it in LR.
Comments and critique are welcome.
Common Yellowthroat - Geothlypis trichas
Canon 7D, 500/4 + 1.4x TC, 1/2500s, f/8, ISO 400, manual exposure
Luis, these leaning poses always work well, and I like the different colours and sharpness on the little guy. I dont mind the OOF lines in the BG, but would maybe blend in the darker one in the LRC.
Good sharpness, pose and BG, Luis. I see you used manual exposure - was there a reason it was 1 stop under-exposed? What had you metered from to set your exposure?
Good job on the exposure recovery, nice comp and colours. I agree with Stuart re: LLC, but all else looks great. Thanks for disclosing the use of audio...
Thanks for the comments everyone! I hadn't noticed that branch in the LRC.
I am actually surprised that there weren't more of those branches in the frame.
The place was a maze of tules and I was lucky that the bird landed on this clear one
for a couple of secs.
Tony, I regularly use manual exposure to account for changes in the background but this time I messed up the shutter speed.