Second in the warbler series, this one from Old Mine Road in New Jersey. I may have cropped this too tightly, but I wanted to get rid of a bunch of distracting BG foliage. C&C always appreciated.
Thanks Randy. Yes, I had to do some selective work with Topaz NR in places where the noise was worst and the detail would be least affected. Unfortunately these little wood warblers don't often pose in bright sunny patches. (And rarely seem to get down to eye level.)
Well done Bill. I have tried unsuccessfully to get a half decent image of this warbler. Good crop for the situation.
If this was mine, I would clone out the OOF brach cutting through the bird ( if you are not anti-cloning)
Good singing pose and HA,
Gail
Thanks Gail. No, the clone tool is my best friend. I did clone out another branch that was more offensive than that one, and sometimes don't know when to stop. But looking at this again, I agree the branch in question is distracting. I'll give it a go when I get a few minutes.
Beautiful bird. If you have to shoot at a bit of a steep angle, this is the kind of pose (great singing pose BTW) and head angle that work well.
Did you use call playback to attract the bird? I like the amount of space you left in the upper part of the image...goes well with the idea of the bird's song projecting up into the canopy.
Shawn, after I heard and then saw the bird up in the canopy, I did try some pishing, which may (or may not?) have helped to bring him a little closer and lower for his picture to be taken.
Gail, here's a repost with the branch removed, and some of the bright yellow-green spots toned down. I did leave a hint of the branch to try and keep a sense of depth to the bg. Thanks for the suggestion.
Really good job cloning!
Thanks for the feedback regarding your approach. For not using call playback, this is a great image of this species singing...
Black-throated Blue Warbler
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