I am headed to Magee next week hoping for some luck with warblers. Aside from the birding hot spots are there any other locations nearby that anyone might recommend for landscape/wildflowers? This prothonotary image was taken a few weeks ago at Spring Valley..a great place for birding if you are ever in the Dayton, OH area. All C&C welcome and thanks for any advice you can lend.
Hi Kirk, I'm not sure how much help I can be, but I'll give it a go, based on very limited information.
My first thought is to simply stay at Magee for the whole time, there's no better photographic workout than shooting warblers for 12 hours! Toledo is pretty flat. Maumee Bay State Park is about 15 miles to the east, and should have a variety of spring flowers. I've never been there, but Ive heard a lot of people talking about Oak Openings. Google toledo metroparks and maumee bay state park and you should be able to get a better feel for what's available.
I know it isn't much, but its a start. Good Luck with the warblers,
A very nice image Kirk. The only minor thing that may improve it is that I notice the right half of the image is brighter (due to the lighter background) than the left half which contains your main focus. A bit of burning on the right half (especially on the branch) may help take some of the glare from that side which kind of pulls my eye to that side to look around instead of just looking at the bird which is very nice.
Kirk, a nice image and great detail in the bird. The background is nice and clean and for me I like how their is a minor color shift. What is throwing me off and I'm surprised none of the others have commented on this is how the branch with the bird on it is OOF and the opposite is almost tack sharp - weird! I'd seriously consider cloning out the right branch or cropping alittle from the RHS anyway! Bird an perch is very nice though!
Really nice capture of a striking subject. Like Mitch, I noticed the paradox of the OOF branch with the bird contrasting with the in-focus branch without the bird. I'm not really bothered by it...in fact, it makes for kind of an interesting conversation piece.
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5 repliesMy first thought is to simply stay at Magee for the whole time, there's no better photographic workout than shooting warblers for 12 hours! Toledo is pretty flat. Maumee Bay State Park is about 15 miles to the east, and should have a variety of spring flowers. I've never been there, but Ive heard a lot of people talking about Oak Openings. Google toledo metroparks and maumee bay state park and you should be able to get a better feel for what's available.
I know it isn't much, but its a start. Good Luck with the warblers,
Brian
Oh, btw, I love the shot, great BG and nice pose!