Sedge Warbler

[Jonathan Ashton]

Camera Model Canon EOS 7D
Firmware Firmware Version 1.2.1
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/3200
Av( Aperture Value ) 4.5
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation -1/3
ISO Speed 400
Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM

This little guy was singing his little heart out, there was open scrub for miles around, eventually he was joined by a male reed bunting and they had a singing contest.
All comments welcome.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

beautiful singing pose/bg!

[Phil Ertel]

Hi Jonathan, The signing pose is very nice and the background is lovely. I like the size of bird in frame as it gives me a sense of scale. I wish that the twigs did not interest with the breast and open beck. Thanks for sharing.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the singing pose, angle, BG and wide crop. Is this a heavy crop? If not, I might sharpen the bird a bit more.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Yes Axel, it is cropped quite considerably already.