Hooded Warbler

Gallery: AvianPosted October 16, 2011140 views8 comments

I took a weekend trip to Newport Rhode Island, and while there was not an abundance of time for photography, I got lucky this morning in picking up two new warbler species, including this beautiful male who was really cooperative.

Nikon D300s 300 f4 + 1.7X TC HH
f/6.7
1/1600s
ISO 400

Cropped to 68%, adjustments in ACR to tone down yellows, sharpened in CS5 on 27" iMac

- Luke

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on October 16, 2011 at 8:14 PM

Excellent. Lots of "presence" to this. Good exposure and sharpness; nice setting and colors.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on October 16, 2011 at 9:58 PM

What a pretty bird..nice and sharp where it counts. Congrats...would love to see one sometime! Sharon

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on October 16, 2011 at 10:27 PM

Congrats Luke on the new bird

He's a beauty, nice exposure work on this one.

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on October 17, 2011 at 9:54 PM

The detail in the larger version is wonderful, Luke.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on October 17, 2011 at 10:42 PM

Congrats, this is a tough species to get I believe. The sharpness on the head looks great. I find myself wishing for a bit more depth of field but that would have made the bg more busy.

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Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on October 18, 2011 at 7:14 AM

Nice shot Luke, really like the semi-raised wing pose you have here. For all the many species of Warbler we have over here in Thailand, I'm kind of amazed that none of them appear to be anywhere near as colourful as the species you have over there. Anyhow, thanks for sharing :^)

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on October 19, 2011 at 12:06 AM

Love the composition and how the branches frame the bright yellow bird,

Ray

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Comment posted by May Haga on October 26, 2011 at 4:36 PM

Always nice to find a new bird and even nicer to get such a great image.
May

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