American Yellow Warbler

Gallery: AvianPosted May 2, 2014170 views13 comments

It's that time of year when the Yellow Warbler's migrating through Texas (April-May). We're right on the edge of this birds summer breeding range to the north.
F/9, 1/400th, ISO 800, 1D M3, 300mm f/2.8 + 2x ext @ 9:07am.

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13 comments

Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on May 2, 2014 at 4:02 PM

Gorgeous take here, Howard. It's nice that you seem to have access to quite a variety of birds either as native or travelers passing through your locale.
The surrounding greenery really does a neat job of enhancing the colors overall, but especially the yellow. The view of the larger version provides the excellent detail you always capture in these portraiture's, but also gives a nice view and insight to how delicate these little creatures really are......

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Comment posted by Peter Cross on May 2, 2014 at 5:12 PM

Lovely image, Howard. Colors are beautiful. The color palette is limited but they surely are complimentary. Nice pose from this guy. My understanding is that these guys are getting harder to find. Shame--they're so pretty. Love the techs. Looks like you got him in a quiet moment. Even at f9 your DOF was pretty limited but you really nailed the in-focus zone. Nice job.

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Comment posted by Rick Cloran on May 2, 2014 at 5:48 PM

Great shot and excellent detail. The fact that you were able to get the head out over the more distant BG that blew out completely is a real plus.

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on May 2, 2014 at 7:26 PM

A nice look at this beautiful bird! Excellent detail and the color is beautiful.

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Comment posted by Bill Kellermeyer on May 2, 2014 at 7:42 PM

It is that time of year. Lovely image. Great detail , pose and color.

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Comment posted by Bill Kellermeyer on May 2, 2014 at 7:47 PM

Great image. The colors of BG and bird really compliment each other.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on May 2, 2014 at 9:07 PM

"Even at f9 your DOF was pretty limited but you really nailed the in-focus zone."
When I use the 2x extension there's significant shortening of DOF Peter.

"The fact that you were able to get the head out over the more distant BG that blew out completely is a real plus"
I've tried to get what you're saying, but don't understand what you mean Rick

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Comment posted by Scott Frye on May 3, 2014 at 1:00 AM

Good to get this warbler in the open like this - the warbler is a standout against the green - very nicely done

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 3, 2014 at 2:13 AM

Superb detail, Howard. Neat to catch one so completely out in the open and I like the pose and the nicely in-focus foliage.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on May 3, 2014 at 2:16 AM

Very nice job of finding this little one and getting such clean BG to go with it Howard. Everything sure is green down there already.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on May 4, 2014 at 9:02 AM

Love the setting Howard, nice detail too

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Comment posted by Randy Runtsch on May 4, 2014 at 1:26 PM

Nice colors, details, and composition, Howard. Beautiful specimen, too.

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on May 4, 2014 at 5:20 PM

Looks great, Howard! I like the natural setting.

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