Common Yellowthroat

Gallery: AvianPosted December 30, 2012136 views10 comments

12/28/12 San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary, Irvine, California We tracked all over the sanctuary looking for one of these fellows to pose, shy though they are. He popped up for a moment or two and I got 6 shots of him, and then his shyness prevailed again.

Nikon D800 200-400mm 1.4TC 550mm f/8 1/1250 ISO640 White Balance Auto RAW Manual Tripod with a Wimberley Gimbal

Processed and cropped in CS6

Comments welcome

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Verdon on December 30, 2012 at 1:50 PM

wow, excellent comp, detail and right size perch for that cute little fella, nice light and background, wish shot like this is in my gallery, well done

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on December 30, 2012 at 2:31 PM

Splendid as posted. A fine pose and perch.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on December 30, 2012 at 2:36 PM

Lovely species, and very well photographed. Good sharpness and detail! Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on December 30, 2012 at 6:31 PM

Excellent!!! wonderful pose, tack-sharp, nice BG and bright eye -

Sandy

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on December 30, 2012 at 9:09 PM

A simply beautiful portrait of this great little warbler. Great perch, pose and very nice details. The large version is a pleasure to view.

Another Sweet One Patrick

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on December 30, 2012 at 9:46 PM

sweet! great perch, great detail. no nits from me.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on December 30, 2012 at 10:23 PM

A favorite of mine and this is really nice. I love when they "pop up" in front of you, even if just for a few seconds. Congrats on a fine image. Sharon

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Comment posted by Ralph Kerr on December 30, 2012 at 10:49 PM

Congrats, Patrick, on your handling of this beautiful bird. You did a great job with the yellow on the thoat as far as feather texture. Just great exposure all around.

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Comment posted by Tjie Poo on December 31, 2012 at 2:04 AM

This is one of my favorite birds to photograph and one of my favorite photos from your beautiful collections. Outstanding Patrick !

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on December 31, 2012 at 10:46 AM

Excellent, Patrick. Happy New Year!

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