Carolina Wren.

[Karl Egressy]

We were feeding some small songbirds from our palm which is a favorite passtime of my wife, when se spotted a Winter Wren.
I played the chipping note of the WIWR a few times and this bird popped up.
Thanks for looking.

Canon 1D M IV
Canon 500 f4.0 L IS +1.4x TC
Manual Setting
ISO 800
1/250 s
f 7.1
Fill Flash at -2 1/3

[Melissa Groo]

Beautiful portrait of this wren, Karl. Love the soft colors in the background and the inquisitive look and upstretched neck. Wonderful IQ and sharpness.

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Karl. I like the pose, HA, sharpness and BG.

[dankearl]

Lovely shot Karl, I think it could be darkened a tad, toning down the whites a bit.
Perch, comp and BG are spot on.

[John Cooper]

Exquisite presentation of this little wren Karl. Love the warm colours of the bird matching with similar tones of the BG.

[Randy Stout]

Karl:

Very sweet little fellow, with excellent pose, good perch, very nice comp.

I might consider toning down the lighter OOF round edges in the BG.

I agree with Dan about the whites, just tone down the throat a sliver, would work well I think.

Cheers

Randy

[PhilCook]

I agree with the whites...but about as perfect composition as one could get I think and complimentary background

[Satish Ranadive]

Marvelous portrait.Very nice composition.
Love the pose,nice colors,great details and complimentary background colors.

Regards,
Satish.

[Shawn Zierman]

Nice subtle flash work on this one. I like the composition, particularly the bird's curious pose with a nice bit
of tail showing too. A very pleasing image of the species Karl, and I think there have been some good suggestions
regarding improving it.

[Karl Egressy]

Thank you all.
I did all what was suggested by most of you.
Here is the improved version.

[Gary Kinard]

Very nice.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Sweet calm pose and nice subtle bg although i do see some noise upper corners. Nice work on the repost

[Frank Schauf]

Excellent shot with very nice soft background, Karl.