Large-billed Scrubwren

[Greg Oakley]

An unobtrusive little scrubwren found in wetter forests along eastern Australia.
D800, 300 2.8, 1.7TC, f5, 1/500, ISO1600.
Thanks, Greg.

[vishaljadhav]

Very cute bird, very delicate features and you have captured it nicely.
The Bg is amazing.
I may be tempted to clone out the left corner leaves however its a personal choice .
very nicely done

[Danny Laredo]

I love it as is. I think the top left leaves frame the bird nicely.

[Daniel Cadieux]

You've developped a recognizable style where your subjects are nicely framed by vegeation, and this image continues that trend. Very nice comp, techs, BG. Only a bit better HA would have made this even better, but it is certainly fine as is too. Is this a type of oak tree?

[Frank Schauf]

Nice clean image of this species.

[Marina Scarr]

Totally agree with Daniel re your style. Love how you include your environment. I tried taking a little off of the left and bottom to place your bird a little more off center, and I liked it. Your BG is killer and there are nice details in your bird's feathers.

[Karl Egressy]

Beautiful bird, nice composition as the foliage nicly frames the bird, Greg.

[Greg Oakley]

You've developped a recognizable style where your subjects are nicely framed by vegeation, and this image continues that trend. Very nice comp, techs, BG. Only a bit better HA would have made this even better, but it is certainly fine as is too. Is this a type of oak tree?

Thanks Daniel - yeah I like to include some natural vegetation which gives a sense of the bird's environment. We don't have (native) oak trees here in Australia, although the leaves of this plant definitely resemble one! I'm not sure of the botanical species - a rainforest plant of some description.
Thanks for your comments,
Cheers, Greg

[PhilCook]

Nice one Greg, never seen this species at all, nice diagonals and the banksia leaves add interest...except that one dead pone on the right

[Shawn Zierman]

+1 to the vegetation in the upper left corner. A brilliant image of this sprite, love the light quality and composition.
What type of speaker system do you use?

[Greg Oakley]

Thanks Shawn - I use a little bluetooth speaker that I can turn off/on from a hide with my iphone. Has a range of about 10-12m,
Cheers, Greg

[Shawn Zierman]

Thanks for the feedback. This wireless technology sounds much better than the long speaker cords
I've been using....