The commonest bird in the UK yet pretty tricky to capture on the sensor unless you work out their habits. I had seen this Wren sing from the same 3 perches every evening at roughly the same time so it was just a matter of sitting tight near to one and hoping he appeared,which he did ,pretty much bang on cue but often on the perch I was not hoping for! Eventually he works his way to me and after a look around he bursts into the most amazing of songs... Loud is an understatement!! So if you see a Wren singing from a perch ,it will more than likely use it again and again so just get down and wait,you will be rewarded .
Nikon D800 and Nikon 500mm F4 VR
1/250th,F4,ISO400 Handheld. Image cropped, slight boost in vibrance/saturation and sharpened.
Last edited by Phil Johnston; 02-05-2014 at 09:00 PM.
Hi Phil,your so right about the song which is sometimes used when flying, lost a bit of sharpness on the tail but the head and body more than makes up for it IMO, and a nice clean BG,like this a lot.
Nice timing, I can almost hear him. Well exposed and sharp.
Not an easy rig to hand hold, as the D800 is very intolerant of movement. I might have been tempted to push up the ISO, as that camera is very clean at higher ISOs, to give myself some more flexibility in shutter speed and aperture.
Wren
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