Audubon's Yellow Rumped

Gallery: AvianPosted May 3, 2011105 views12 comments

A male Audubon's Yellow-rumped Warbler, shot at the Ridgefield Nat'l Wildlife Refuge. Lot's of warblers this year. I decided to leave the short cattail stalk below in place as I prefer an odd number of stalks in foreground for comp.

Larger version available

canon 7D
canon 600mm f4.L IS USM
F/4 1/320 ISO 100
auto window beanbag rest, 20% cropped off for comp.

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on May 3, 2011 at 12:02 PM

I like the setting and composition here. Good work on catching this active bird.

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Comment posted by Peter Conway on May 3, 2011 at 12:17 PM

Sweet! Great comp.

Peter

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Comment posted by Darren Colello on May 3, 2011 at 12:29 PM

Wow, I would be real proud of this one. Excellent comp.

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on May 3, 2011 at 12:57 PM

I really like this with the bulrush perch being in focus as well as the bird. Good comp and color as well.

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Comment posted by Keith A Anderson on May 3, 2011 at 3:37 PM

Super image, Craig. I've never seen them in a marsh setting before but I really like the bird's position on the cattail. I might try to brighten the catchlight in the eye just a tad to emphasize it a bit more, but this looks great as is.

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Comment posted by David Schoen on May 3, 2011 at 3:41 PM

Very nice image with habitat. Large image really works well.

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on May 3, 2011 at 10:14 PM

excellent, Craig! pose, setting, comp, colors are all excellent. I'd consider a tiny bit more sharpening just on the head, but that may just be me. really a fine looking shot.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 4, 2011 at 12:10 AM

Beautiful, Craig. Excellent detail in the perch and Warbler. I like the pose and eye contact.

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Comment posted by John Blumenkamp on May 4, 2011 at 1:01 AM

Great pose and overall comp Craig!

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Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on May 4, 2011 at 4:49 AM

Very nice image Craig, I really like the colours, perch and the pose :^)

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Comment posted by May Haga on May 4, 2011 at 9:07 AM

Nicely captured Craig.
May

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on May 4, 2011 at 10:43 PM

Excellent! You sure have more luck at Ridgefield than I ever did!
Great pose, super perch and nice BG.
Well-done!
Sandy

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