David Slikkers attended the May 25-29 workshop and came up for a few days prior to the regular workshops, since he lives not too far away. He was using Canon equipment: Canon 1Dx Mark 3, Canon F4 600mm IS iii lens, sturdy tripod and gimbal-style head, Canon 1.4x iii extender. His enthusiasm, concentration, and ability to learn and adapt make it a pleasure to work with him. I am proud to showcase his very impressive results.
For more of David’s work see: David Slikkers Photography
Also see: David Slikkers (@davidslikkersphoto) • Instagram photos and videos
David let me view his images from the workshop. I picked out and copied a few images from the thousands of images he took by viewing them in BreezeBrowser Pro.
I selected images that were sharp on the bird, exposed correctly or very close to correctly, and had a good head angle on the bird (not facing away). Composition was a priority, as well as live vegetation in the background (when in focus or partially in focus), as opposed to sticks without leaves or needles.
One of the important things I do is correct the contrast and especially the color casts that happen with digital capture of warblers and other songbirds. I also demonstrate all of this to clients if desired.
This gallery and other galleries of persons who attended workshops are intended to show results. For every image, copyright is that of the owner of the image. My use of the small jpeg from each selected raw image is for this gallery only. After preparing the jpegs of a workshop attendee gallery I destroy all of their copied raw images and original prepared full-sized files.
Male Blackburnian Warbler Singing
American Bittern Jump Takeoff
Male Cape May Warbler in Spruce Cones
Male Canada Warbler
Female Blackburnian Warbler
Male Bobolink in Flowering Crabapple
Male Black and White Warbler Singing
Male Kirtland’s Warbler
Male Black-throated Green Warbler
Male Blackburnian Warbler in Cedar Cones
Male Chestnut-sided Warbler
Clay-colored Sparrow
Female Northern Parula
Blue-headed Vireo
Female Bay-breasted Warbler
Male Black and White Warbler
Female Black-throated Green Warbler
Common Loon
Female Canada Warbler
Male Black-throated Green Warbler
Male Black-throated Blue Warbler
Male Blackburnian Warbler
American Bittern Flight
Female American Redstart
Male Magnolia Warbler in Spruce Cones
Winter Wren
Male American Redstart
Male Palm Warbler
Male Yellow Warbler
Pied-billed Grebe
Male Nashville Warbler
Male Northern Parula
Male Pine Warbler
Male Wilson’s Warbler
Warbling Vireo
Northern Waterthrush