Vitelline Warbler

Steve,

I am very challenged in assessing very bright images because of an eye condition that I have, but I think you are correct that fill flash would have helped with this image.

I didn't see these when I was in the Cayman's but perhaps I was there at the wrong time of the year. A very interesting species.

Pretty neat to get an image of this species Steve. However, I have to admit that the very bright and partly blown background spoils the aesthetics of the image for me.

I would agree that fill flash might have helped here, Steve. Still I am not put off by the bright bg in this instance. It seems to work with the yellows of the bird. I do think I can still see a hint of the green you mentioned.

You did well under the conditions Steve, and its a beautiful and rare warbler !
A shame about the extremely bright BG, but that could not be helped in this case.

Steve, I'll admit that I'm not crazy about the background, but I'm impressed that you got the warbler so well exposed--the bird looks really good here. The oof tail is fine with me, but I do wish the leg/foot was sharper. It's a treat to get to see this species--thanks for posting this.

wow Steve I've not attempted 3200 yet I'll be checcking inot it after seeing this, The NR worked great and still kept great detail. No sign of the green stripe to me and the bg colors are so pretty.

Thank you all for your careful assessments and comments. On this day I rapidly concluded that I needed to use spot metering or end up with bird silhouettes. That generally gave good exposure for the bird but, as you have seen, blows the background. Actually, I did lower the exposure on the blown spots in post processing. However, I can see from your comments that they are probably still too bright. There is actually plenty of flexibility in post-processing to adjust the background of course. So, compared to other problems (e.g. bird silhouettes, blur, etc., etc.), this is not a bad one. It just takes time and effort. However, I must admit that I don’t like the idea of doing too much to the background in post-processing. Also, backlighting like this is known to cause edge artifacts. That means more post processing and even then, as is evident here, some of you may see a residual. So, as I mentioned earlier, I think in this type of lighting situation I’ll opt for a fill flash. I could have even tried the in-camera flash this time but it didn’t even occur to me (I’ve become so focused on high sensitivity lately!]. I’m pleased that the detail in the bird shows up well despite the high ISO setting. Thank you all again for taking the time to comment.

Nice Warbler you got here.

The details are amazing however the bright area in front of the bird is a tad distracting. Still wouldn't mind having taken this shot myself.

Good shot under difficult conditions. I like the pose and eye contact. Focus on the eye is spot-on and good detail captured too.