I mentioned a few days ago that I do not have many Warbler pics from this year’s Biggest Week in American Birding that are well lighted. Sunshine was at a premium while we were in Ohio…with lots of rain and dull grey days. Still, at Magee Marsh you work with what you have, and what you have is abundant warblers. This American Redstart is from one of the rare afternoons when the sun broke through. Of course, direct sun poses it’s own challenges with such a starkly colored bird. It is easy to lose detail in both the black and the orange. This shot is just about perfectly balanced…no thanks to me. The camera’s exposure system did it all. I just pressed the shutter and applied minimal post processing in Snapseed. Still, I am happy to take credit for the image!

Olympus OM-D E-M10 with 75-300mm zoom. 600mm equivalent. Shutter preferred. 1 /640th @ ISO 4000 @ f7.1. Processed in Snapseed on my tablet.