[padrepaul]

Hanging out at a state park (Jay Cooke), shot tons of images and only got a few I liked. He finally went to this perch and I couldn't get him right at the top but kind of like his pose, adjusted shadows and contrast a bit as there were tree leaves lower part of the frame but just below the bird so don't think it's too much of an issue.

Z9, 800 6.3, 1/640, ISO 1800, f 6.3

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[Patrick M]

Worth the wait! Lovely image

 

[VTRich]

Great Image. Beautiful bird. Really stands out against the dark background.

 

[ssheipel]

Gorgeous!

 

[Woody Meristem]

Beautiful photo -- it's good you have patience because you got a dandy.

 

[padrepaul]

Thanks, believe it or not I shot about 2800 images of just 4 different birds (blackburnian warbler, northern parula, scarlet tanager, yellow throated sparrow) but naturally only got a few I really liked. How did we live with film?