Wood warbler

Gallery: AvianPosted June 24, 201194 views12 comments

Interesting how this woodland warbler fed its chicks for most of the time on mayflies fromm a small stream.
Difficult with dappled sunlight, wind and dark under canopy conditions. A lot of chuck outs !
D7000 Sigma 50-500
800ISO F8 @ 180th second.
60% of full frame. Levels

Cheers
JohnR

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Angela McCain on June 24, 2011 at 10:16 AM

You have certainly overcome any difficulties that may have been there. This is just lovely. Great softness to the colors, then tack sharp bird and prey. The light is falling perfectly over the head and face of the bird. A real winner in my opinion.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on June 24, 2011 at 12:23 PM

I';; second all of Angela's points here. I like this a lot as posted.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on June 24, 2011 at 8:18 PM

Lovely! Next time maybe you'll get the trout trying to get the mayfly, too! This is a wonderful photo! Sharon

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on June 24, 2011 at 10:23 PM

I love it. great catch for him and nice soft light. You managed to get him just enough in the open too.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on June 24, 2011 at 11:53 PM

This is wonderful John. Lovely soft lighting, great detail and a nice setting

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on June 25, 2011 at 7:33 AM

I think the correct expression is: picture perfect! Very pleasing to look at John, and the double catch is a real bonus, you must be very pleased with this one :^)

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on June 25, 2011 at 9:10 AM

A super shot John. The bird is tack and so are the flys. Love the overall composition with all the leaves and branches seeming to fall into place. Well done.

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Comment posted by David Sparks on June 25, 2011 at 3:44 PM

Ditto all the positive comments made about this wonderful warbler image.

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Comment posted by John Robinson on June 25, 2011 at 4:53 PM

Thanks all for your comments. They are appreciated. When I first looked at this I though this will attract a lot of "messy background " comments so I am pleasantly surprised by the response.
It is I suppose, depicting the very way we usually see these birds and the woodland they breed in.
Cheers
JohnR

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on June 26, 2011 at 2:17 AM

If your Old World warblers are as active as our New World species, you had a challenge all right. A lovely capture, good detail and fine techs.

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Comment posted by May Haga on June 26, 2011 at 1:38 PM

Nice setting, prey in the mouth, everything nice and sharp. Doesn't get much better than that.
May

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Comment posted by David Williams on June 27, 2011 at 8:53 PM

That's a really nice shot with the Bigma, John. Beautiful shot, pose, and mouthful, too.......

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