Wilson's Warbler

Gallery: AvianPosted July 18, 2011148 views6 comments

Olympus E-5, 300mm x 2.0TC, tripod
f11, 1/250, ISO500

Tangle Lakes, Denali Highway. Early morning light.

Cropped to 60% of original. Usual sharpening drill.

C & C, please. Thanks for looking.

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on July 18, 2011 at 10:45 PM

The lighting and exposure look great here Jim. To my eye the face of the warbler doesn't look tack sharp so I might try a little selective sharpening there. Perhaps a faster shutter speed (1/500 at F8) would have been helpful with this active species.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on July 19, 2011 at 7:34 AM

Jim, really like the way the warbler is framed all the way around by the branches, with the tail placed perfectly in the "wedge". Nice light and background also.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 19, 2011 at 9:56 AM

Nice clean image, Jim. The feather detail looks good. In the larger image, the catchlight looks a little odd to my eye-like it's not quite sharp.

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on July 19, 2011 at 11:06 AM

Hi Jim.
I like all the Warblers from your part of the world and this one is exception,your image shows it off really well,that bg is just great.
Keith.

Registered on July 12, 2008, 127 Posts, 1735 Comments

Comment posted by Ray Whitt on July 19, 2011 at 6:56 PM

Beautiful shot, love the composition and how well all the colors work together.

Ray

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on July 20, 2011 at 1:50 AM

Spectacular background and some wonderful light. The yellows on the bird are pretty bright, tough color for digital to render well under some conditions it seems to me, hence the impression that perhaps the face isn't as sharp as it could be.

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