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<\/p>\nFor me photographing\u00a0Yellow Warblers\u00a0is usually an exercise in frustration. Because of their preferred habitat of wet, deciduous thickets they’ve been described as “a brief splash of yellow in a patch of willow” and they seldom give me time to get my lens on them. When I succeed there’s usually obstructing branches, shadows on the bird or poor light. And they seldom hold still long enough for me to get the shot I’m after.<\/p>\n
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1\/2000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, 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>\n But 3 days ago I had some limited success with them in the Wasatch Mountains. I caught this\u00a0one in the open,\u00a0it gave me a nice head turn and there was good light on most of the bird. I’m not happy with the shadows on\u00a0the wings and tail but with this species I rarely have everything come together and I still like the photo.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 800, 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>\n Four minutes later another warbler on a similar perch allowed me a few shots. This time there are no shadows on the bird but there was a small piece of bright branch in the upper left corner of the frame that I found very distracting so I zapped it. The leaves poking into the frame at lower left don’t bother me much but that bright branch sure did.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 800, 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>\n About an hour later I found this Green-tailed Towhee perched in a profusion of flowers. Serviceberry abounds in this canyon and occasionally I’ll find a bird perched on it while it’s flowering.\u00a0In this case the\u00a0flowers, leaves and branches almost overwhelm the bird but it’s such a pretty setting I can\u00a0largely overlook that.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n On an unrelated note: Some readers have recently been frustrated because auto-fill no longer works so they have to completely fill in their name and email address before posting a comment on my blog. This is almost certainly due to\u00a0the recent implementation of GDPR<\/a> (General Data and\u00a0Protection Regulation)\u00a0and privacy compliances on the internet\u00a0that became enforceable on May 25.<\/p>\n I have the same problem on several sites I visit regularly although it doesn’t seem to be universal. If there’s a work-around I haven’t been able to find it. Sorry…<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For me photographing Yellow Warblers is usually an exercise in frustration.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/yellow-warbler-3739-ron-dudley.jpg\" "\\"yellow-warbler-3739-ron-dudley\\"")
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