# Another Western Tanager **URL:** \ **Category:** Image Critiques\ **Tags:** birds\ **Created:** [June 2, 2021, 5:39pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/another-western-tanager/22195 "2021-06-02T17:39:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Keith\_Bauer](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/keith_bauer/32/211_2.png) [@Keith\_Bauer](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Keith_Bauer)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 5:39pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/another-western-tanager/22195/1 "2021-06-02T17:39:21Z")
![20210528-_X286194-ORF_DxO_DeepPRIME-Edit-copy](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/6/4/64bf88d7bed026bb0c90ed0e90d9a2a2188dfc8f.jpeg) ### Description: Another Male Western Tanager from the mountains near my home. This male kept coming into various branches and settled on this one for about 30 seconds. I captured numerous frames and liked this pose and the morning light. I’ve desaturated the colors on this and they are still vivid, but this particular male was just stunning. ### Specific Feedback Requested: ### Pertinent technical details or techniques: Is this a composite? No Olympus EM1-X 300mm f/4 with 1.4x TC 1/2000, f/5.6, ISO 1600 75% of full frame Handheld ###### If you would like your image to be eligible for a feature on the NPN Instagram (@NaturePhotoNet), add the tag ‘ig’ and leave your Instagram username below. keithcbauer ---
**Author:** ![Diane\_Miller](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/diane_miller/32/27391_2.png) [@Diane\_Miller](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Diane_Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/another-western-tanager/22195/2 "2021-06-02T19:52:13Z")
What a stunning bird, and in lovely light! You have a very nice pose and wonderful detail in the focal plane. I don’t mind the focus falloff on the bird but I find it a bit distracting on the perch. The darker ends do help minimize attention to it, though. The perch is very nice and if it is part of a setup it might be good if it could be placed more in the focal plane, but that might limit getting more of a side view of the birds. Frustrating. I love the colors and amount of detail in the BG! ---
**Author:** ![Keith\_Bauer](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/keith_bauer/32/211_2.png) [@Keith\_Bauer](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Keith_Bauer)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/another-western-tanager/22195/3 "2021-06-02T20:24:09Z")
> [@Diane\_Miller](#): > > The perch is very nice and if it is part of a setup it might be good if it could be placed more in the focal plane The perch isn’t a setup. It is in a national forest and it is what it is. So goes the life of doing nature photography. ---
**Author:** ![Dennis\_Plank](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dennis_plank/32/27033_2.png) [@Dennis\_Plank](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dennis_Plank)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 8:51pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/another-western-tanager/22195/4 "2021-06-02T20:51:37Z")
A gorgeous bird, Keith. It really stands out against the green background and the angle of the light makes the face glow. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Freeman](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/shirley_freeman/32/11361_2.png) [@Shirley\_Freeman](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Shirley_Freeman)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/another-western-tanager/22195/5 "2021-06-02T21:07:03Z")
He is gorgeous, for sure, Keith. I don’t think I have ever seen one of these, probably because it is a western bird, and I live in the east. That head turn he gave you really made the shot even better. I like the perch, and how it comes into the frame diagonally. The nice smooth background makes all of it stand out nicely. This deserves some wall space. ---
**Author:** ![Diane\_Miller](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/diane_miller/32/27391_2.png) [@Diane\_Miller](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Diane_Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 5:51pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/another-western-tanager/22195/6 "2021-06-05T17:51:52Z")
My apologies for assuming it was a setup! The gorgeous BG led me to think that. It is even more wonderful for being stalked and captured in the wild!