Orange Crowned Warbler

Gallery: AvianPosted December 2, 200999 views12 comments

As I was heading out the door the other day, I looked in the backyard, and there was a large flock of Warblers, Chickadees and Kinglets flitting around the trees. I quickly went and grabbed my camera, and this is what I got before they quickly were on thier way!

Olympus e3
Olympus ZD 300 f2.8
ISO 640
f5.6
1/500th
FL50R on TTL Auto
Cropped for comp
HH

Normal routine in PS. Comments and critiques welcome. Thanks

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Sally King on December 2, 2009 at 10:44 AM

I love the pose where he almost looks like he's standing on tiptoe. Excellent details. Do you still have flowers blooming up there? The flowers add a very nice touch.

Registered on December 2, 2008, 416 Posts, 4450 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on December 2, 2009 at 11:11 AM

I like this Mike. Great details and nice and sharp. A minor nit is the beak being in front of the flowers making it a bit hard to pick up, but that is very minor on a nice image.

Registered on December 6, 2008, 360 Posts, 7132 Comments

Comment posted by Michael Twaddell on December 2, 2009 at 11:16 AM

My wife has a strange tree that flowers in the winter. The birds love it!

Registered on August 16, 2007, 199 Posts, 2132 Comments

Comment posted by David Sparks on December 2, 2009 at 12:39 PM

Great technicals on the bird, but, for me, the combination of the flowers and dark regions of the BG add a lot to the image. Very, very nice.

Registered on May 26, 2007, 290 Posts, 4270 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on December 2, 2009 at 2:25 PM

Wonderful, Mike. Super crisp image and a neat bg.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Stephen on December 2, 2009 at 8:41 PM

Wow!

I love this image Mike. The setting, the perch, the good look at the body with great detail...wonderful.

Registered on November 11, 2007, 42 Posts, 803 Comments

Comment posted by Simon Bennett on December 2, 2009 at 9:00 PM

Lovely pose, head-turn amd setting.

Registered on February 4, 2007, 350 Posts, 4614 Comments

Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on December 3, 2009 at 8:25 AM

very nice setting, pose, and comp. to my eye, the bill stands out well. detail looks great as well. nicely done!

Registered on March 21, 2009, 202 Posts, 4187 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Harbour on December 3, 2009 at 4:34 PM

Beautiful bird. Very impressive feather detail. nice pose.

Registered on January 4, 2008, 113 Posts, 2416 Comments

Comment posted by Nick Saunders on December 3, 2009 at 5:39 PM

Your wife's flowering tree makes this a very pretty shot Mike . Good head turn too

Registered on February 6, 2008, 321 Posts, 3035 Comments

Comment posted by Mia McPherson on December 3, 2009 at 6:19 PM

Michael,

The setting adds punch to an already beautiful bird!

Registered on June 25, 2007, 491 Posts, 12566 Comments

Comment posted by Rob Drummond on December 4, 2009 at 6:30 AM

Nice detail on the bird Michael and i like the eye contact. Can't decide whether that many flowers (which are very nice) draws attention away from the warbler.

cheers
Rob

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