Prothonotary Warbler

Gallery: AvianPosted May 18, 2010148 views7 comments

I spent Sunday walking around the "Great Dismal Swamp" NWR. I was almost carried away by mosquitos! There were a great many Warblers, and I was lucky enough to catch this very patient Prothonotary Warbler down low, out of the canopy.

Olympus e3
Olympus ZD300 f2.8 w/2x
ISO 400
f5.7
1/250th
FL50R on TTL Auto
70% of FF

Normal routine in PS. Comments and Critiques welcome. Thanks.

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on May 18, 2010 at 8:58 AM

beautiful, Mike. great singing pose, great setting. The bird is a little centered for me, and I might do a little more sharpening, but those are very minor.

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

Comment posted by Keith Bauer on May 18, 2010 at 9:04 AM

Very nice presentation. Love the singing pose. Great BG. Bird is a bit centered for my tastes. Looking at the larger image, the head isn't quite sharp. I'm guessing a little selective sharpening would solve most of the issue. Thanks for sharing this one.

Registered on November 20, 2003, 458 Posts, 4836 Comments

Comment posted by Joe Paratore on May 18, 2010 at 9:27 AM

Nice clean shot with a beautiful BG.
It not that easy to get clean shots of warblers. So you captured a beauty here.
I agree with some of the Nits.
Nice singing pose

Registered on January 31, 2007, 40 Posts, 160 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 18, 2010 at 10:08 AM

Nice pose, Mike and a great complementary bg. Nits already mentioned, but I don't know what else you had to deal with in the frame. If it holds up for a bit more crop, you could take advantage of the steep perch and do a vertical crop.

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

Comment posted by Peter Conway on May 18, 2010 at 2:52 PM

Mike, you have captured a lovely singing pose with a very nice BG and catchlight.

Peter

Registered on June 25, 2007, 347 Posts, 3913 Comments

Comment posted by Graham Brown on May 18, 2010 at 5:09 PM

I have to agree about the positioning and sharpening mentioned previously but this is certainly a well captured pose on a beautiful bird. I like the rich colours of the background which show up the bird to good effect. Graham

Registered on November 20, 2007, 275 Posts, 1365 Comments

Comment posted by David Sparks on May 18, 2010 at 6:25 PM

Mike:
Nothing constructive to add to earlier comments, just wanted to add congrats on getting the warbler in the open in such a nice pose and with such a great BG.

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