1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 640, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\nBut yesterday in the Wasatch Mountains\u00a0when I saw this pretty\u00a0little Yellow Warbler singing his heart out on a far-away branch\u00a0I thought the setting was so attractive I fired off a few shots. To my eye this image has the appearance of a setup but it isn’t. There\u00a0was no artificially arranged perch, no bait and\u00a0no electronically recorded calls to draw the\u00a0warbler in. This is how I found the bird in the wild.<\/p>\n
I fussed over the composition of the image for some time, trying different options given what I had to work with. None of them allowed me to arrange the bird and the branch in the frame precisely where I wanted them without adding canvas or cloning out unwanted leaves and branches (all I’ve done during processing is crop, rotate and selectively sharpen). This version is my\u00a0most preferred\u00a0compromise within those limitations.<\/p>\n
My artistic skills are severely limited but there’s something about this image that speaks to me so I decided to post it. I’d be interested in\u00a0brutally honest reactions from readers regarding composition, aesthetic strengths and weaknesses or anything else (if you’re inclined to do so but of course it isn’t necessary or even expected).<\/p>\n
My ego can take honest critique and I’m eager to learn.<\/p>\n
Ron<\/p>\n
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