Kentucky Warbler

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Turberticus

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Taken last year in May on its breeding grounds. I posted a photo of the same bird last year, but this is a different photo. A little backstory: My 300 F/4 D AF-S stopped recognizing my TC14 so I shot this at 300mm. I sat still on the forest floor for a few hours in its territory and grabbed some shots as it hopped around and landed on this close ground level branch.

D7500 + 300 F/4 D AF-S
1/800 F/4 ISO 320 300mm

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Beautiful, 2hrs is a long time to capture one image, glad it worked out. Guessing it is still better than a Deer hunter sitting in tree stand for 8 hrs and see nothing :)
 
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Cas1234 said:
Beautiful, 2hrs is a long time to capture one image, glad it worked out. Guessing it is still better than a Deer hunter sitting in tree stand for 8 hrs and see nothing :)
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Thanks! I came only to photograph this guy and it was worth the wait. I actually took a few hundred photos with maybe 20 keepers. Just watching him bounce around on the ground foraging for food and taking breaks to sing was worth it alone.
 
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Woody Meristem said:
Outstanding photo. You have more patience than I do; I can sit at a wetland for two hours since there's always some activity: dragonflies, muskrats, ducks -- but to just sit in the woods, I'd fall asleep.
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Haha thanks! Luckily this guy was super active the entire time. I was just waiting for the perfect perch, background, and pose. A Hooded Warbler and Baltimore Oriole showed up while I was waiting so it wasn't all bad.
 
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Turberticus said:
Taken last year in May on its breeding grounds. I posted a photo of the same bird last year, but this is a different photo. A little backstory: My 300 F/4 D AF-S stopped recognizing my TC14 so I shot this at 300mm. I sat still on the forest floor for a few hours in its territory and grabbed some shots as it hopped around and landed on this close ground level branch.

D7500 + 300 F/4 D AF-S
1/800 F/4 ISO 320 300mm

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Gorgeous looking shot!👍👍👍
 
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Turberticus said:
Taken last year in May on its breeding grounds. I posted a photo of the same bird last year, but this is a different photo. A little backstory: My 300 F/4 D AF-S stopped recognizing my TC14 so I shot this at 300mm. I sat still on the forest floor for a few hours in its territory and grabbed some shots as it hopped around and landed on this close ground level branch.

D7500 + 300 F/4 D AF-S
1/800 F/4 ISO 320 300mm

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Beautiful bird and shot!. Yes my patience is around the next corner from wherever I am! My experience with long waits is I get home and the bird I spent hrs stalking is sitting on my water fountain.
 
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