June theme: Marsh Wren in watercolor.

[dankearl]

1/640
f5.6
iso900
500mm
Nikon D800

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[Richard Unsworth]

Cracking pose Dan; personally Id lose the bullrush to the left as I find it distracting though I am fan of showing environment and things as seen (the tallest stem only)
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[Bill Dix]

Splendid shot of this elusive little bird. Great calling pose, and he's sharp as a tack. Beautiful marsh environment, but I agree that the cattail is a little distracting and might be done without. A vertical could also work nicely.

[fabiobernardino]

Perfect ! I like the contrast of the color of its beak against the BG color.

[Ofer Levy]

Nice shot! You did well with the low light. Not crazy about the composition.

[Arthur Morris]

Dear Dan K. Earl :),

Like the sharpness and the singing pose. Not fond of the boxy crop. Perhaps some off the top and some off the bottom????

[jack williamson]

I love the energetic singing pose, exposure, and sharpness. I love the cattail fibers on his head, like the other comments I wish the stalk on the left was not so bold, otherwise the Bg is great.

Jack

[Jonathan Ashton]

I really like the pose and the perch, I have never seen lichens growing on a bull rush head before, I like the background with the exception of the OOF bullrush to the left, I understand why you left it there and under such circumstances I probably would have too.......but having said that I think the image would look terrific without it.

[christopher galeski]

nice sharp bird,like the singing pose,think I would try a vertical crop.thanks.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice singing pose, and I even like the debris on the wren's head:S3: Like the others I'm not crazy about the dark cattail stalk at left. I do like the OOF grasses and flower.

[dankearl]

Thanks for the comments. It was kind of a difficult crop, There were a number of cattails, I cropped some out but
didn't want to rid of all of them, i will work on it again.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Dan, I like the singing pose, together with the hint of the tongue. The little guy is nice and sharp, good detail, and would maybe take a bit off the top. I agree with the others that the large OOF cattail is a touch distracting.