Nashville Warbler+Repost

Gallery: AvianPosted October 12, 201190 views6 comments

This little bird was so intent on feeding that I was able to get quite close to it.
I think that the main weakness of the image is that the catchlight in the eye is tiny (likely invisible on the web). I was tempted to enlarge it but decided to leave it be and invite comments. Also, there were some distracting branches here which I cloned out.

As in this case, I find myself often operating at ISO 1250 with the 1D Mark IV. It allows me to use a high shutter speed and small aperture size with (what I think) is very little image quality cost.

All comments most welcome.

1D Mark IV, 400 mm f/5.6, 1.4x TC, hand held: ISO 1250, 1/1000 s, f/13, -2/3 EV, 9 MP (56% of 16 MP full frame), NR, exposure adjustment, sharpening

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Peter Cross on October 12, 2011 at 4:21 PM

Nice photo, Steve. Very warbleresque pose. Good detail on the feathers. Comp wise more room on left and less on right would be preferred. But you may have had a reason for this way. Excellent background. Better separation of the head from the vegetation would have been better but you gotta work with what you're given. - Peter

Registered on April 3, 2010, 271 Posts, 1342 Comments

Comment posted by Allen Brooks on October 12, 2011 at 4:54 PM

I like the fine detail in the feathers. The background compliments the bird nicely. For what it's worth, I would disagree with the previous comment and suggest more room on the right, as the right side appears a bit cramped.

Registered on July 27, 2011, 262 Posts, 2597 Comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on October 12, 2011 at 8:15 PM

Good shot with real solid colors and nice habitat - the composition doesn't work that well however, and of course the head is not in the best position

Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on October 12, 2011 at 8:43 PM

Nice sharpness and good detail; natural colors. Good pose from the warbler.

I agree though that the composition doesn't work. The warbler is too close to the right edge, and the mass of the tree above doesn't balance with the open background below.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1031 Posts, 12705 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Balke on October 13, 2011 at 7:18 AM

Thank you everyone. Excellent comments. I agree with them. I was concentrating so hard on other aspects of the image that the inadequacy of the composition didn't even occur to me. This one is a little difficult, however: the vertical branch tends to equally bisect the image if I increase the space at the rhs too much. So, anyway, here is a try at it.

Registered on June 18, 2009, 229 Posts, 2915 Comments

Comment posted by Allen Brooks on October 13, 2011 at 10:52 AM

Looking good. I like this composition better with the Warbler filling more of the frame.

Registered on July 27, 2011, 262 Posts, 2597 Comments