Black Throated Green Warbler

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Description

This was the most cooperative warbler I’ve ever had the opportunity to encounter. He calmly sat there on this little branch about fifteen feet from the boardwalk at the Convention Center in South Padre Island Texas.

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Technical Details

  1. Canon 5DMiii, f8, 1/1600 sec, iso 3200, 100-400/1.4TC at 560 mm. Applied Topaz denoise, and selective sharpening in the face only.
  2. same except iso 8000. Topaz denoise and selective sharpening in the face.
    Cropped both to about 60% of original to get rid of extra branches.

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Sharp and nicely textured. I like the POV. And the comp. I might remove the small OOF below the feet of the second image. Well done!

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Hi Ed, nice look at this warbler. Details and exposure on the bird look good to me. I could see darkening the stick in the second image. The oof foreground in the first image is a bit distracting but I know how tough it is to get these birds at all. Fine captures.

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Thank you @David_Schoen, I see how that little OOF branch is distracting. I’ll work on that.

Thank you @Allen_Sparks, I will work on darkening the perch. I think I did that when I raised the shadows a bit on the bird.

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I particularly like the first image, Ed. Excellent detail and it really shows off the plumage. I agree that the out of focus foreground is a bit of a pain-you just needed to grow a foot real quick to avoid it. The fluffed out feathers and head turn in the second are very nice.

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