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Art_R Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 164 W: 13 N: 388] (1525)
Hi folks , today's upload is another small warbler , this one I think is called a yellow-rumped warbler , and that it is in it's breeding plumage. I found this little guy at the same place I found my last upload , a little thicket by the slew that is in the park out front my house.

this day the lighting was kind of low and I took this shot with a 500 ISO , I aimed for slightly high exposure knowing the the faster shutter , and lighter image would yield less grain , the result was a few shots that where good , and some that where not due to over exposure , the over exposure was caused by sunlight spots as the sun was coming through the bushes behind me in small patches.

I am hopeful to get an in-flight of one of these warblers this year , but the last couple of times I checked they where not at the thicket , I think they live in near by conifer trees.

for a change I also did my own workshop on this one , a little bit of play just for some effect , hope you will stop over and have a quick look at that one too.

thanks for stopping in

regards

Art
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Art_R Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 164 W: 13 N: 388] (1525)
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Edited by:Art_R Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 164 W: 13 N: 388] (1525)
Hi folks , this is my photo with a bit of fun added , what I have done using photoshop elements is use the quick select tool to isolate the yellow patches , then inverted the selection , converted to black and white choosing the infrared effect , then applied a yellow color cast to give more of a sepia look. reselected this time the entire bird plus the branch it is perched on but just the fore ground section, inverted the selection, used the remove dust and scratches effect to applie blur to the BG then used lightness and contrast to reduce the lightness of the back ground, not entirely happy with that result I used the lightness contrast a second time , reducing the BG contrast then redarkening it. I figured that would help to bring the bird out a bit from the somewhat busy BG. in the end I saved it and moved it into Faststone image viewer , reapplied the frame and watermark which had been blurred in the process.

regards

Art