Northern Parula

Gallery: AvianPosted June 5, 2012135 views10 comments

Another new one for me from Maine. Another low-lighter, which was REALLY tough given how active these guys were. Had about 20 blurry shots for every good one.

Canon 50D, 400 5.6L, ISO 500, 1/50, f6.3, 430EX @ - 1 2/3. Cloned out flash highlight in eye. Started cloning out the branch on the right, but given my general suckiness at all things photoshop, stopped and went back to this.

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10 comments

Comment posted by Peter Conway on June 5, 2012 at 8:40 PM

Beautiful bird well photographed. The RH stick is not that much of an issue.

Peter

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on June 5, 2012 at 9:14 PM

Your persistence payed off beautifully. Great portrait with nice detail where it counts. The stick doesn't bother me either.
Another nice catch Terry

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on June 6, 2012 at 1:12 PM

You did well on this trip. Excellent as presented; no sign of the difficult conditions showing in the image.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on June 6, 2012 at 1:25 PM

Nice - good pose, eye, and brnch. I think I'd get rid of that right OOF branch - it's too nice an image to have that distraction.
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 6, 2012 at 11:07 PM

Beautiful job on the Parula, Terry. I think I would have persevered on the RH stick, but it's not that big an issue.

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on June 7, 2012 at 2:56 PM

Terrific detail for the SS used Terry, and nice work with the flash. I like this as presented- it shows the natural habitat these guys reside in the Northeast.

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Comment posted by David Williams on June 7, 2012 at 11:46 PM

You got quite a collection "Down East", Terry. Another tough bird nicely captured.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on June 8, 2012 at 11:34 AM

Terry, for 1/50, this is excellent! Not an easy thing..especially with these fats little buggars.

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on June 11, 2012 at 3:37 PM

Terry the stick is not a problem for me,that is a super shot of this little stunner.

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Comment posted by May Haga on June 12, 2012 at 1:15 PM

Very nicely captured.
May

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