Cool shot Dorian. You did a good job in cloning out the cigarette. . There is quite a long stream of vapor, which reminded me of a musical score. Neat.
thanks everyone! it took me a minutes to realize what was going on with the water vapor. the first few shots at which i looked had vapor floating further away from the bird so i did not immediately see the connection to the bird. i was like "what the hell is wrong with my sensor?!?!?" it was only after seeing this shot where the vapor is clearly coming out of his beak as he sang that i finally put it all together! i'll take it....
these guys are some of the first spring birds to come back and are usually fair approachable. the biggest issue is that they chase one another away as they fight for territories!