Male Wilsons Warbler

Gallery: AvianPosted June 9, 2010250 views15 comments

This is an image from last fall taken during the migration. Image was taken in the Sandia Mountains east of Albuquerque, NM.

Canon 50D, 500mm f/4 with 1.4xTC
1/200 @ f/5.6
ISO 640
580 EX Flash @ -2 1/3

Larger image included.

Thanks for your view and comments.

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on June 9, 2010 at 10:27 PM

Keith, I like this a lot, and I'm having a hard time finding the words to describe what I like. I think the best way I can find to say it is that there is a certain tension in this that I really like. The bird looks like it is holding still nicely for the shot, but I can just feel the pent up energy and am certain he wasn't on that perch one click longer. (Or at least that's how it is whenever I try to get one of these guys--I'm usually one click too late.)

I think that if it was mine the only thing I would change would be to do some NR on the tail and the gray of the lower wing, since there isn't really detail there to lose, and the noise is rather visible.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on June 9, 2010 at 10:45 PM

Brian: Thanks for your comment. You are absolutely correct about how long he was on the perch.... Not long. My usual NR routine it to run noise reduction, then mask the bird so it doesn't affect it. In this case, I should have left the tail out of the mask and let the NR apply. I've gone back to my original and made that change. Thank you for your detailed comment... Great stuff.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 9, 2010 at 10:57 PM

Beautiful, Keith. Excellent job on the flash.

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on June 9, 2010 at 11:45 PM

Nice pose and eye contact, stunning little bird.

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Comment posted by Ronnie Gaubert on June 9, 2010 at 11:51 PM

Very nice Kieth. The yellows really jump out from the darker background. Excellent image.
Thanks for posting,
Ronnie G.

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on June 10, 2010 at 6:18 AM

I do love those little warblers. Beautiful pose color and bg

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on June 10, 2010 at 7:09 AM

Wonderfully vibrant and detailed image Keith

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on June 10, 2010 at 12:52 PM

The dark background really helps bring out the branch and detail in the bird, well seen and well done.

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Comment posted by David Chauvin on June 10, 2010 at 7:45 PM

Sweet image, Keith. Great pose and color in a nice setting.

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Comment posted by Derrick Lipinski on June 11, 2010 at 12:35 AM

Beautiful close-up shot, Keith. Great job with the fill flash.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on June 11, 2010 at 12:55 AM

Beautiful job on the colors and detail, no small feat on this bright yellow warbler. My only little nit pick is that he choose a perch that looks a bit worn.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on June 11, 2010 at 5:25 PM

Beautiful shot Keith, the yellows are perfect and I like the inquisitive pose

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Comment posted by Satie Sharma on June 12, 2010 at 8:29 AM

Beautiful bird, Keith. And an excellent shot of it too.

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Comment posted by David Haynes on June 12, 2010 at 10:23 PM

WOW Keith. Nice job. Glad you went back to the old files to dig this out. Catchlight in the eye, great feather detail, nice head turn, sharp where it needs to be (don't mind the tail being OOF), saturation is spot on, exposure with flash is dead on and the perch and background are puttin this over the top for me. Can you sneak this into my gallery??? Please!!

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Comment posted by Bryan Hix on June 15, 2010 at 10:58 PM

Keith I love this one. I only wish that there was more DOF. Otherwise it is perfect IMO.

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