Warbler sp. and a Raven

Rohirrim

A few more species of birds from a recent trip to Cataline Island.

Orange-crowned Warbler

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Yellow-rumped Warbler

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Common Raven - Portrait

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Thanks for looking, comments, critique always welcome,

jwear

very good job on the raven steve nice little guys as you do so well the yr wabler is my pick

BigAl

Great series again Steve. The first Yellowrumped Warbler is really nice. How did you manage to get so close?

Shakey

Very Nice! All are top quality!

Cheers
Tim

Rohirrim

jwear wrote:

very good job on the raven steve nice little guys as you do so well the yr wabler is my pick

Thanks Jeff, I appreciate you taking the time to comment.

Rohirrim

BigAl wrote:

Great series again Steve. The first Yellowrumped Warbler is really nice. How did you manage to get so close?

Thanks Al. The Yellow-rumped Warblers were in a Nature Conservance garden so they were pretty used to people, so I didn't have too hard of a time getting close.

Rohirrim

Shakey wrote:

Very Nice! All are top quality!

Cheers
Tim

Thanks Tim for you comments. I appreciate you taking the time to reply

livinginoz

very nice images, and i like that the blurred background is subtle.....

kdog

Great exposure on the Raven. The detail is superb. I've been trying to get a good shot of some big crows in our yard, and it ain't easy. Any idea how much EC you used? Did you post process much? Thanks.

-joel

Rohirrim

livinginoz wrote:

very nice images, and i like that the blurred background is subtle.....

Thanks Laurie, I appreciate you taking the time to post a reply

Rohirrim

kdog wrote:

Great exposure on the Raven. The detail is superb. I've been trying to get a good shot of some big crows in our yard, and it ain't easy. Any idea how much EC you used? Did you post process much? Thanks.

-joel

Thank you Joel. I shot those with no EC. I've found the best way to shoot black birds, or even birds with very contrasting colors like Magpies (for me anway) is to try and have the sun at your back so that the bird (or at least the dark portions of the bird) have direct lighting from the sun. Best earlier or later in the day so the sun isn't too bright. I usually shoot them with either -1/3 to +1/3 depending on the other colors in the bird and the light.

I did PP these in LAB because the sky was pretty bland, so I tried to get the sky a bit bluer.