Superb Blue Wren

[John Cooper]

This male blue wren visited my backyard recently - hangs around the compost heap searching for insects.

EOS 7D, 100-400 L @ 235mm, ISO 250, 1/250 sec F 8, early morning light, Hide, Tripod.

[Rod Warnock]

Hi John
Great capture.
Best regards
Rod Warnock

[gail bisson]

Hi John,
Very nice pose and an unusual perch. I like how the bird's left foot is holding onto the stem of the seed pod.
I would desaturate the green in the BG as it overwhelms the bird.
Image is a bit contrasty so I would tweek that a bit.
Gail

[Satish Ranadive]

John:
Excellent image.Very nice composition.I like the pose with upright tail,nice colors,details and interesting perch.
Rest is mentioned by Gail.

Regards,
Satish.

[Marina Scarr]

Killer pose on this one, esp the raised tail. Love love the perch. Is this a natural BG?

[laurie golden]

Beautiful bird, perch and background. I love it the way it is but Gail has some good comments.

[David Salem]

Wonderful shot. Like the pose, perch and the BG. Exposed well and nice detail. Beautiful scene!

[Diane Miller]

Very nice! It's so frustrating when a black eye is surrounded by black feathers. I've had some success reducing contrast and bringing up shadow detail with the Shadows slider in the Lightroom (or PS) raw converter (the latest version is much improved). Then the Detail Extractor in Nik's Color Efex Pro 4 can bring out even more, along with highlight detail.

(I'm fairly new here -- is it out of place to get into processing here?)

[Bill Dix]

Now that's a backyard bird to die for. Lovely capture, with good comments by Gail to make it even better.

[John Cooper]

Killer pose on this one, esp the raised tail. Love love the perch. Is this a natural BG?

Thanks for the comments Marina - yes the BG here is my lawn but will desaturate the green a bit as Gail suggested.

[John Cooper]

Thank you all for comments and tips - appreciated.

[John Cooper]

Very nice! It's so frustrating when a black eye is surrounded by black feathers. I've had some success reducing contrast and bringing up shadow detail with the Shadows slider in the Lightroom (or PS) raw converter (the latest version is much improved). Then the Detail Extractor in Nik's Color Efex Pro 4 can bring out even more, along with highlight detail.

(I'm fairly new here -- is it out of place to get into processing here?)

Thank you Diane for the tip - no, comments on post processing are always welcome.

[dankearl]

I agree, a bit too green, but a very nice close up of this little bird.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

I love the pose ith the great leg position, the cute little bird and the cool perch. Blacks look a little too dark to me

[PhilCook]

Liking the comp with the gum nuts John, agree about the green a bit overpowering