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Pine Warbler

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Posted by Charles Mills on January 23, 2010 at 10:51 PM
Pine Warbler
My initial target was an American Pipit feeding in the same general area as this Pine Warbler. The pipit flushed but the Pine Warbler stayed put and appeared to either be gathering grit or grass seed from the edge of the road.

Nikon DSLR
600mm f4 VR
f8 @ 1/600
ISO 400
Approximately 50% crop
NearUniWB preset
Posted by Amanda Botterweck on January 23, 2010 at 11:23 PM
Beautiful capture Charles...the detail is fantastic. :smile:
Posted by Wayne Rhodus on January 24, 2010 at 12:12 PM
Another species I've yet to encounter in the wild. Wonderful detail and nice tilt of the head. Good to see you posting Charles! :smile:
Posted by Brian Schrayer on January 24, 2010 at 2:08 PM
I like this. The background is a little busy but the color contrast of the bird really makes it stand out well. As I was scrolling down, I noticed that a crop off the top at about the top of the darker mid-toned area above the bird's head seems to help this image by minimizing the background
Posted by Daniel Loomis on January 24, 2010 at 4:14 PM
Well done. Nice when the stay still for a bit . . . sorry about the Pipit!
Posted by Rob Graham on January 24, 2010 at 4:57 PM
great detail, head turn, and eye contact
Posted by Brad Mangas on January 25, 2010 at 11:06 AM
Wonderful shot, really nice.
Posted by Larry Fischer on January 25, 2010 at 3:02 PM
Excellent color and feather texture.
the fisch
Posted by Charles Mills on January 25, 2010 at 8:28 PM
Brian, Thanks for your suggestion. I suppose that I could've done a bit more work along the top edge. Having gone back and taken another look, I'm more perturbed that I didn't try to do something about that dark area slightly above and to the left of the warbler's head.
Posted by Karla Hall on January 25, 2010 at 8:36 PM
Great shot Charles! I think working on that little dark spot would be a good idea too. Sometimes when I am doing editing work, I look a little to the left or right of the image on my screen and see what areas my eye is seeing without actually looking at the subject. It helps to locate anything that may be distracting in the picture. I often do this shooting too. Guess it's too many years as a portrait photographer stuck in my head!
Posted by Charles Mills on January 25, 2010 at 8:41 PM
That's an interesting suggestion Karla. When I'm reviewing things that I've written, I have a tendency to proof-read whatever it is at least once backwards. That'll make things stand out too. I'll give your test a try out the next time I'm able to post an image.
Posted by John Moore on January 25, 2010 at 9:15 PM
Good job Charles. Excellent detail in the feathers and the color is fantastic. Glad you posted this!

Karla - great technique I'd never heard of. I just tried it on a few images and, wow, it works! I think I'll be using that a lot from now on.
Posted by Aaron Szabo on January 27, 2010 at 1:51 PM
That's sharp and colorful for sure!