Warbler Round Up

Gallery: AvianPosted August 15, 201811,921 views8 comments

Just to finish up the warblers that came to my pond/drip setup the last few weeks, here's a Black-throated Gray that popped in very briefly. I was amazed to get six species of warblers in that short a time and not in an area I consider conducive to most of them.

7Dii, Sigma 150-600 C @ 600 mm, tripod with ballhead and Sidekick, f/8, 1/500, iso 2000, aperture priority, pattern metering, -2/3 EV. Processed in LR & PS CC. Cropped to 9.9 MP. Taken at 8:49 am on August 3rd.

Domments and suggestions are appreciated.

Thanks,

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Allen Brooks on August 16, 2018 at 1:43 PM

Very nice eye level look at.the Warbler. Your set up seems to be attracting birds most of us don't see at our home feeders.

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Comment posted by Gary Minish on August 16, 2018 at 1:55 PM

A very nice bathing shot, Dennis. The exposure is just right and the plumage detail is excellent.

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Comment posted by David Schoen on August 16, 2018 at 4:29 PM

Really nice head turn and very sharp plumage both wet and dry. I think you could have done this at F6 .3 to create a little more of an out of focus background. I'm impressed with the variety of Warblers you've had at your place this year. I haven't seen a single one.

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on August 16, 2018 at 10:37 PM

I wasn't sure what I was looking at in the thumbnail, Dennis. This is a delightful look at the warbler. I like the low angle, alert pose and nice light in the image. Only improvement I can think of is if you got the warbler head against the background rather than the pebble. devil

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Comment posted by David Bogener on August 17, 2018 at 5:06 PM

I like the low angle, pose and wonderful detail. Was he in an elevated water source like a bird bath?

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on August 17, 2018 at 9:18 PM

Hi Dennis,

Looks pretty good. You may want to move or lower down that pebble so more of the BG shows up at the water level.....................Jim

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on August 17, 2018 at 11:50 PM

Excellent! Beautiful bird I've never seen.
Nice pose, bright eye, and interesting pond/wet feathers.
Your great pond shots have me thinking how I can integrate a pond/waterfall setup in our garden next spring .
Hmmm.......
Sandy

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Comment posted by Shirley Freeman on August 22, 2018 at 1:32 PM

Great eye level shot, Dennis. You really are getting some nice birds to your set up. Great detail.

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