Chestnut-Sided Warbler+RP

Gallery: AvianPosted July 1, 2013136 views12 comments

An old picture of this pugnacious little fellow. Tight at the tail and ULC branch may be a little distracting but shared anyway.

1/320s, f/8, ISO 640.
600mm on D300. Cropped to 85% of FF.

Thanks for helpful comments.

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on July 1, 2013 at 8:52 AM

Nice bird, good details.
If this were mine, I would be attempted to clone out the branch on the left, and something that is on the right.

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Comment posted by May Haga on July 1, 2013 at 9:11 AM

Lovely image Claude.
May

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Comment posted by Martin Dunn on July 1, 2013 at 11:07 AM

Love the bird Claude but as already commented the overall image would benefit from cloning out the branch on the left and either cropping out or cloning out the light colours bits on the right.

Registered on February 20, 2013, 198 Posts, 1011 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 1, 2013 at 11:34 AM

Nice, Claude. If you have the detail, I'd be tempted to crop it tighter from the upper right corner to minimize the apparent tightness at the tail. The branch in the UL could be removed, if you feel like it.

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Comment posted by Dave Walz on July 1, 2013 at 3:06 PM

Very nice picture, he looks like a tough guy. I like the detail and the little glint of light in the eye. As a personal preference, I would probably clone out the OOF branch also.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on July 1, 2013 at 3:49 PM

I am good with all of this very excellent shot, except the OOF branch. I would clone it out in a NY minute, but you may feel differently. The light OOF stuff on the right doesn't really bother me

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Comment posted by Claude Dagenais on July 1, 2013 at 4:39 PM

Majority wins, here the RP with branch cloned out (in a NY minute Phil), re-cropping however compressed the image too much. Thanks for comments.

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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on July 2, 2013 at 12:07 AM

Agree it looks better without the branch, but that aside, it is a great shot. Love the colors.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on July 2, 2013 at 1:31 AM

Truly a beautiful warbler species! I don't mind the ulc, rather frames the bird given the other similar branches present. Might have centered the bird just a little more, but that's just me.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on July 2, 2013 at 11:55 AM

Lovely shot of one of my favorite warblers. I'm okay with the stick in the upper left; it balances the composition.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on July 2, 2013 at 3:49 PM

Interesting species, never seen it myself. The subject looks great in the larger version! If it were mine, I would be temped the clone the OOF branch of the left side out. Otherwise great as posted ! Cheers, Hans

EDIT: I only scrolled down after writing - making my text a little useless

- nice repost !

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on July 2, 2013 at 8:13 PM

A beautiful photo of this great little warbler. Nice details visible in the larger version. Personally I like the first version better also.

Sweet One Claude!!!

Ken Archer

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