Yellow-Rumped Warbler

Gallery: AvianPosted October 9, 201173 views9 comments

We've had a mob of these birds mixed with a handful of Juncos and two bluebirds come through the yard nearly every day for the last week. Friday, they happened to show up just as I finished lunch, so I postponed my nap and grabbed the camera. The cloudy weather we've had for some time now kept the light fairly reasonable for this and I had a couple of semi-cooperative individuals.

1DMk4, 500mm f4 ISL, hand held, f5, 1/1250, iso 640, Av mode with no compensation. Cropped to 6 MP. Normal processing in CS4. Taken at 12:29 on October 7th.

Your comments and criticisms are most welcome.

Thanks for looking,

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on October 9, 2011 at 9:46 PM

Always nice to get a cooperative warbler, very nice image Dennis, I might try to pull a little more light out of the eye with a selective levels adjustment.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on October 10, 2011 at 8:10 AM

Dennis, the warbler looks good and I like the background. I have less enthusiasm for the large expanse of bright rock.

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on October 10, 2011 at 11:23 AM

Dennis,
I love the pose and the detail of this nice bird. I like the background too. I agree with Ron about the large bright rock. Overall a really nice image.

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on October 10, 2011 at 1:11 PM

Nice Yellow-rumped Warbler Dennis. Great that you got the yellow showing, I've been having difficulty with that.

Ray

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Comment posted by Craig Strand on October 10, 2011 at 1:53 PM

This is really a wonderful capture of the yellow rumped Dennis. Your DOF choice was right on and I love the detail throughout this fellow as seen in the larger image. Very nice BG as well. While I love the shot as shown I can't help but feel that slightly darkening the light surface of the shale/rock would improve this even more. Just a thought! Well done my friend!

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Comment posted by Michael Lotito on October 10, 2011 at 9:04 PM

I love the perch in your shot! Otherwise the background and subject are both excellent.

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Comment posted by Graham Brown on October 11, 2011 at 6:45 AM

Hi Dennis, I'm not sure a group of these birds are technically called a MOB but I could be wrong! Detail and sharpness is really excellent and I like the background.but personally I would crop it a bit tighter because I think the rock is too dominant. Graham

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Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on October 11, 2011 at 8:03 AM

Beautifully captured subject Dennis, tack sharp! I love the lines of this Warbler, really a very attractive species, thanks for sharing!

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Comment posted by May Haga on October 11, 2011 at 3:16 PM

Very, very nice Denns. Love the perch.
May

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