Willow Warbler

Gallery: AvianPosted April 26, 201169 views15 comments

A Willow Warbler from the weekend, only reason I know its the willow warbler was because I also got the chiffchaff, I was listening to them singing, else I wouldn t have known which was which.

Canon 1DMK4, Canon 500f4L + 1.4 convertor, ISO 400, f8, 1/640

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15 comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on April 26, 2011 at 7:00 AM

Love the overall comp Karen. The perch and BG are great for this bird. I like these "understated" type species. The nice head turn makes this one nice as well as the feet position and open beak. A very small nit is the lack of critical detail around the face and eye, but just a small nit on a nice image.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on April 26, 2011 at 8:12 AM

Lovely comp Karen - always like vertical perches. Lovely subtle colours

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on April 26, 2011 at 8:39 AM

Sweet singing pose. I love the soft colors and comp as well

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Comment posted by Craig Strand on April 26, 2011 at 8:54 AM

This is such a gorgeous bird with subtle plumage coloration and sooooooooo well captured. The larger version shows many positive qualities like the comp. perch, OOF complimentary BG... but I appreciate the feather detail and nice head turn. Very nice!

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Comment posted by Avi Hirschfield on April 26, 2011 at 9:11 AM

Great capture and excellent BG
A perfect perch for this guy but as Ron said a little soft around the eye.

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Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on April 26, 2011 at 9:21 AM

Love the composition and colours you've captured here Karen :^)

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 26, 2011 at 2:24 PM

Very nice, Karen. I like the pose, perch and bg. The bird comes across as just slightly soft to my eye.

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Comment posted by Clayton Musgrove on April 26, 2011 at 2:39 PM

I love the comp and singing pose here Karen. If it is soft it doesn't bother me. Still a great image.

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Comment posted by Karen Summers on April 26, 2011 at 3:35 PM

thanks guys for the feedback maybe needs a tad more sharpening will have a look at it, although I must say it looked ok to me

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on April 26, 2011 at 8:40 PM

Details in your larger version look just fine to me. Nice image. Sharon

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on April 26, 2011 at 8:44 PM

Only the smaller version is soft. The larger image is very sharp and has a lot of detail. Nicely done.

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Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on April 26, 2011 at 8:55 PM

Beautiful look at this warbler, Karen. That vertical perch is great and I really like that head turn.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on April 27, 2011 at 4:16 PM

Wonderful pose, perch, background and open beak, looks as if the warbler is singing away, I like the image as is, good feather detail from my eye, well done.

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Comment posted by Dan Harbour on April 27, 2011 at 8:40 PM

Nice pastel colors, great open mouth pose, wonderful background, and good job with the composition.

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on April 28, 2011 at 4:35 AM

Nice singing pose and clean setting.

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