Wilson's Warbler

Gallery: AvianPosted May 8, 201168 views9 comments

Hello everyone. While out the other day I spotted a group of these little guys. A real pain to photograph not just cause they dont sit still but I never knew a yellow bird would be so hard to expose. Hope you enjoy. C&C welcomed and encouraged.
Exposure - 1/640, Aperture - F8, ISO - 320, Metering - Spot, Aperture Priority.

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on May 8, 2011 at 9:47 PM

Robert, yes indeed yellow is a hard color to expose and looks like you managed to do it very well. I like the pose and detail as well. My only suggestion, is I would be tempted to crop to an 8 x 10 and position his a tad lower in the frame to get rid of some of the bust OOF twigs in the frame.

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on May 9, 2011 at 10:03 AM

this is very nice, Robert. these guys are definitely a challenge to get in the viewfinder long enough to get some shots. you did well on the exposure, as you say, the yellows can be tough. I do agree with Kurt that you could crop some off the bottom.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on May 9, 2011 at 1:08 PM

I agree. Good work on the difficult yellow. I'd drop the black matt with the presentation as it really feels restrictive for this image.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on May 9, 2011 at 4:39 PM

Nice job in getting this, the colors look good and yellows are definitely a challenge to get right in the bright light, good detail on the larger image and I also would adjust the crop, well done.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on May 9, 2011 at 4:49 PM

A good look at this species Robert. Very nice exposure. Nice head turn. Well done.

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Comment posted by David Sparks on May 9, 2011 at 4:58 PM

Robert:
Great job with the exposure, nice head turn and eye contact, and the blue BG complements the yellow bird. I agree with the suggestions about cropping. Where (which state? general area?) did you see the Wilson's?

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Comment posted by Robert Holguin on May 9, 2011 at 5:09 PM

Thank you all very much for all the great feedback and advice. Much appreciated.

David - I photographed this bird at a place called Rio Bosque Wetlands in El Paso, Tx. It's a real nice place with lots of different species to photograph. The park is pretty much dry during the summer but during irrigation season its full of water.

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Comment posted by David Haynes on May 9, 2011 at 10:00 PM

Robert,
Pretty nice job on a tough exposure customer. I'm with Kurt on the composition. I would crop an 8x10 and remove all or most of the lower branch making the bird less centered and removing lots of the clutter in the bottom portion of this image. He's looking up so I would want more room at the top of the image than the bottom. You got a nice head turn and some catch light in the eye and he's pretty sharp. Now you know, reds and yellows can be blown just as easily as whites. Great job on this one Robert.

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on May 10, 2011 at 3:49 PM

Rob from where i'm sitting looks like you got it very right.

Keith.

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