This is an unusual pose for this species; my previous post was more typical. I was trying to photograph a pair of Field Sparrows when this guy flew in and landed very close to me. Since he chose a perch that seemed oversized for the bird, I went for an unconventional crop on this one. Given the proximity of the bird, I guess a little more DOF would have helped sharpen the perch. C&C always appreciated.
Hi Bill,
Sorry about that. I didn't realize that you had just posted a yellow throated warbler. Not trying to steal your thunder for sure. Took my shot at the beginning of the season when they didn't seem to mind me getting close. Nice lighting and details on your image and I don't mind the big perch as that's kind of where they live around here in the old dead oak trees surrounding the marsh.
This is truly lovely and it's a whizbang crop. "If it were mine" is not an expression I enjoy but allow me to negate my supposed distaste by offering this probably unhelpful suggestion: I find the green at beak's front delicious and the green at tailtop less so. Which is to say: I'd consider painting the URC's green a different shade, perhaps something more in line with the tasty green in the left corner? Just a suggestion. I so rarely have them, and this time I do, perhaps because I'm quite fond of this picture...
Hi Bill, good eye level capture, and I like the wavey shape of the perch. I also like the attentive pose of the bird, as it seems he's fully aware of you.
Doug: here's a repost that's slightly warmer, with a little selective USM. Good suggestions.
Jack: I wasn't too sure about the green in the URC (thought about cloning it out altogether), and actually feared that the "delicious" green under the bill was too strong and might detract from the bird. In the repost, I left the bright green intact, but made a slight adjustment to the green in the URC - probably not as much as you had in mind.
Steve: No problem. There are plenty of Yellowthroats to go around.
Nice pose, background, crop. I find the yellows too cyan/green though...I took your image in PS and reduced the cyan by 50 points from the yellow channel in Selective Color and liked what it gave...
Thanks, guys. Good call, Daniel. I had used the same trick on my recent Canada Warbler, but failed to notice the cyan in this one. Here it is with -35% cyan in the yellow channel, which seemed like enough to my eye.
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