Another Chestnut-sided Warbler


Posted by jhapeman on Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:32 pm

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Well, Chris had the same idea as me. This shot of a male Chestnut-sided warbler was taken the same day as the image of the American Redstart I posted a few days ago. These things breed like rabbits all over our property in northern WI, but can be very difficult to photograph, as they spend a lot of time moving around fast.
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Nikon D2H, 200-400mm VR @ 400mm, f/7.6, 1/250s, ISO 200. This is a crop of the center 60% or so of the image. No flash, BTW, that is a natural catchlight.

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by Ofer Levy on Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:46 pm
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Very nice!! :) Nice pose, great details and the leaves are very nice! A fill flash could put this over the top and I would prefer a bit more room to the right.
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by whf4 on Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:56 pm
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well done; the bird seems a little noisy for that iso.... maybe its actually the bird and not the technology!
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by jhapeman on Mon Sep 26, 2005 10:08 pm
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whf4 wrote:well done; the bird seems a little noisy for that iso.... maybe its actually the bird and not the technology!
Sadly, no....it's a function of the crop and the D2H. The noise was the main reason I went Canon. The shadow noise on the D2H was just too much. If you exposed for the highlights, like I did here (on his cheek), the shadows came out quite noisy. That said, I could have run noise-reduction, and I did on the background, but I lost too much detail for my tastes when I did so on the bird.

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by Gerald J Romanchuk on Mon Sep 26, 2005 11:03 pm
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Great shot of a great bird. I agree with Ofer, in that I would prefer more room on the right.
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by mrhughj on Tue Sep 27, 2005 2:50 am
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Super pose, Jeff!!!!!!!!!

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by JeanH on Tue Sep 27, 2005 6:08 am
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Jeff. I love it! Well done. :)
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by KK Hui on Tue Sep 27, 2005 6:35 am
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A lovely shot with great light and pose, Jeff!
Perhaps a little more room around would be even better ...
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by AForns on Tue Sep 27, 2005 8:31 pm
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Just the room Jeff !!! Great pose ! Excellent !!!! 8) 8)
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by Mike Wilson on Wed Sep 28, 2005 8:09 pm
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Outstanding shot of this species. Only nit is the OOF area on the right, just slightly distracting.
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