Arctic Warbler

Gallery: AvianPosted June 22, 201197 views7 comments

Olympus E-5, 300mm x 2.0TC, braced in pickup window
f8, 1/800, ISO200

Another photo from this past weekend's trip on the Denali Highway. My friend David Shaw says of this species that as soon as they arrive they start singing. Since they fly in from Africa, that's pretty impressive.

I considered cropping out the thin branch immediately above the bird, but decided to leave it in; these spindly willows are where they perch and sing.

Cropped to vertical. Usual sharpening drill.

C & C, please. Thanks for looking.

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on June 22, 2011 at 4:50 AM

Beautifully crisp and detailed shot of the Warbler Jim :^)

I can easily see why you considered cropping out the thin branch immediately above the bird, and it's something I would definitely have gone ahead and done if this had been mine, as I feel with the head tilted up the way it is and the bird in full song, it really needs more space directly above it.

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Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on June 22, 2011 at 9:33 AM

Captured this bird in full voice and I agree that the very natural surrounding limbs are no hindrance to a good sharp image.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 22, 2011 at 9:50 AM

Excellent, Jim. Great singing pose and the exposure is perfect.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on June 22, 2011 at 3:49 PM

I too can see why you would consider removing the branch. I like the singing pose. For me the whole image is just a bit dark. I would increase the exposure some if this were mine.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on June 22, 2011 at 10:14 PM

Cool bird - nothing I'd heard of before and I like the singing pose.

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Comment posted by May Haga on June 23, 2011 at 7:21 PM

This is just a wonderful image Jim. I know it is nice to leave things untouched but in this case I would be inclined to clear the air above him.
May

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on June 23, 2011 at 10:41 PM

He really is putting his heart into it. You've got some nice detail in the bird in the larger image. I would give him a little more room and bring up the light slightly.

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