Townsend's Warbler

Gallery: AvianPosted August 17, 2010149 views15 comments

Well, it is not intentional, but I am following up Glenn Bartley's bird for the second post in a row with this Townsend's Warbler. This is another from the other morning. I'm unsure whether I prefer this one or another that I may post. The other one has a more active pose but less of the bird is in the DOF. This one is a little static, but the detail in the bird is quite nice.

Your comments and critiques are appreciated. Please view the larger version if possible.

Canon 7D, 500mm + 1.4x TC, tripod

1/200, f/8, ISO 400, natural light, set up perch

Crop to 51% (9.2 of 18MP)

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on August 17, 2010 at 11:01 PM

Your photos have been upped to another level lately. I like the DOF and detail is wild.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on August 17, 2010 at 11:52 PM

A real beauty Brain, especially like the colors. Could maybe use a little more room at the bottom, but hardly an issue.

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Comment posted by Chris Ross on August 18, 2010 at 4:42 AM

Great detail Brian, like the pose, I would suggest brightening a little overall, prbably just pull in the whit epoint in levels.

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Comment posted by Mark Jenkins on August 18, 2010 at 5:31 AM

The sharpness, feather detail, BG, perch are all great. Very nice photo.

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on August 18, 2010 at 6:08 AM

Nice pose and head-turn. Excellent detail evident in the larger image.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on August 18, 2010 at 8:04 AM

Great detail in the larger image Brian. maybe lighten the eye a fraction ??

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 18, 2010 at 9:55 AM

Gorgeous detail, Brian. I'll be interested in seeing the second pose. I like the composition in this one a lot.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on August 18, 2010 at 3:22 PM

Another sweet shot Brian. Love the BG and the sharpness and detail of the bird. I too would lighten up the area around the eye just a tad to add some definition there. Well done.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on August 18, 2010 at 6:29 PM

I agree with Luke...I'm quite impressed with your recent postings. Another top notch warbler photo that I'd be thrilled to have.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on August 18, 2010 at 7:16 PM

A strong image as posted. Excellent detail; nice pose; clean presentation.

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on August 18, 2010 at 7:40 PM

I like that two toned bg with this. Terrific detail and color as far as I'm concerned.

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Comment posted by Doug Backlund on August 18, 2010 at 8:59 PM

I'll echo everyone elses praise!

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Comment posted by Terry Sohl on August 18, 2010 at 9:00 PM

Wow! This is gorgeous. Love the lighting, and terrific detail from tail to foot to beak.

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on August 19, 2010 at 11:16 PM

An appealing image as presented Brian, I like the pose, the details and the light. I might lighten it just a tiny bit using a levels layer and sliding the midtones towards positive. It won't need much. You did very nice on the yellows, those can be easily blown.

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Comment posted by Satie Sharma on August 21, 2010 at 11:55 AM

Great looking bird, Brian. I like the detail and pose too. A little fill would have helped here. But I think you could play with levels to brighten up the bird a little.

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