Myrtle Warbler

Gallery: AvianPosted October 23, 2011173 views7 comments

To continue my Warbler theme, here is a Yellow-rumped (Myrtle race) Warbler. These birds were numbering in the thousands yesterday at Jones Beach and along other parts of Long Island's South shore. The bird is attractive - but not is much more striking in the Spring (as are virtually all Warblers). I've photographed this species many times before but yesterday I did my best work with these little guys.

Nikon D300s 300 f4 + 1.7X TC HH
f/6.7
1/640s
ISO 400

Cropped to 75% for compositional purposes, sharpened using smart sharpen in CS5 on 27" iMac

- Luke

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on October 23, 2011 at 12:59 PM

Always a cheerful bird in the colder months. This one looks fluffed up enjoying some early sun. Nice detail.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on October 23, 2011 at 1:37 PM

Cute little bird - I always like these warblers. Nice image with pleasant colors - well done ! Grtz, Hans

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on October 23, 2011 at 1:43 PM

Nice fluffy pose with excellent details. Sharon

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Comment posted by Steve Balke on October 23, 2011 at 3:04 PM

It must be mostly air under those feathers or this bird would have trouble getting off the ground, Luke! I like the head turn and detail here. The bg is complex but nicely blurred. Even the OOF stuff in the foreground on the rhs is not really a distraction. You might think about how to give the image a little more "pop". For this image in particular, to me the large version has noticeably more impact than the small version. Nice work.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on October 23, 2011 at 4:59 PM

Fine detail in the LP Luke, great eye contact as well.
Like this side view with the little guy all puffed up, he's a real cute feather-ball

I think the filtered light looks great across its shoulders, well done

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on October 25, 2011 at 11:09 PM

This is a really nice image with great detail in the feathers.

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Comment posted by May Haga on October 26, 2011 at 4:58 PM

This is a beauty Luke. I like that the bird is at eye level.
May

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