Top of its voice (Striated Fieldwren)

[Paul Randall]

Striated Fieldwren
Werribee, VIC, Australia

These birds have a simple, repetitive song that they sing from the tallest perch amongst coastal salt bush.

Canon 5D 600mm f4 L (non IS) + 1.4 TC iso 400 1/1250th f8.0 CW metering at +0 handheld
Photoshop- slight sharpen and clone out of leaves at bottom right of frame

[Gary Esman]

Hi Paul, nice shot. I like the background, open beak and pose. Might crop up from the bottom just a tad because it is OOF. very nice.

Gary.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the pose, perch, sharpness and BG. I would consider a crop like Gary suggested. Beautiful image Paul!

[Ofer Levy]

Very nice! Another vote for cropping the first oof cluster of leaves.

[Dave Leroy]

Lovely image. Colours are very complimentary and pose is excellent.

I like the nice vertical presentation but agree that the oof in bottom would be best cropped out for a bit squatter photo.

Dave

[Neil Nourse]

I really like this shot.. Love the background, nice and sharp,good HA. I do also agree about cropping up from the bottom.

TFS Neil

[Austin Thomas]

I like this a lot. Subject and BKGR are excellent.

I would crop some from the bottom keeping some of the brown BKGR in the image.

Cheers

Austin

[Arthur Morris]

A very lovely vertical rule of thirds with the perfect head angle. The bird looks a bit like a thin-billed Lincoln's Sparrow. Light sweet and soft, SH right on, and a loverly BKGR.

[Humberto Ramos]

Great shot, lovely BG, perch and bird. I think that an f/11 would make a huge difference in the perch below, just don't know if the BG would be that amazing with f/11....

[Daniel Cadieux]

Excellent comp!! Love the pose and the BG is just too sweet. Did you clone out something in LRC?...seems like there is a faint pale circle there suggesting just that...

[Robert Holguin]

Wonderful shot, great perch, fantastic pose, and tack sharp. Well done.

[Leo Berzins]

Beautiful image Paul.
Nice pose, perch and background.

[Paul Randall]

Thanks for the replies all, crop suggestion makes sense for sure. Yes, leaves cloned out of bottom right corner as noted in photoshop notes in my original post :w3