Just about to burn...Young Male Vermilion Flycatcher
There were more Vermilion Flycatchers at Estero Llano Grande State Park than I have ever seen in one place before. The full adult males are one of hardest birds to capture on digital medium since the red/orange almost always saturates the sensor to the point where all detail is lost. Very tricky. This young male, however, is well within range, especially as posed here on a branch tip under the partial shade of a tree. The gray tones of the tree and the out of focus greens just add to the overall composition.
Zeiss PhotoScope 85FL at about 40x (1600mm equivalent field of view). 1/500th at ISO 100. Metered at about f5.0.
Very little processing in Lightroom. Added Clarity and Sharpen Landscapes preset.
From Zeiss PhotoScope 85FL.
