Canyon Wren.

[Brian Desjardins]

Hi everyone, I almost never see these guys anywhere else but on the canyon sides, think I have only ever seen one close to the house once, they move around quite a bit so was lucky he just sat on the side for a few shots.
Edited in LR, moved over to PS for color correction as usual, removed a bit of noise and cloned in a bit of the rock that was OOF, resized and sharpened in LR. Comments always welcome.




Nikon D600,
Nikon 200-500mm f / 5.6 @ 500mm,
1/500 @ f /5.6
ISO 1600

[keith mitchell]

This is a lovely shot Brian,colour on the bird and really natural feather detail is excellent,lichen covered perch adds to a fine image,like this a lot.

[Bill Dix]

I like it too. Great detail, nice comp, good pose. Nicely done.

[gail bisson]

Lovely close-up.
You have a nice color palette and the BG colors compliment the wren nicely.
Lichens on the perch are very nice. The feathers on the forehead and neck are just on the edge of being over sharpened.
A bit more of a head turn our way is the only improvement I would wish for.
Very nice Brian,
Gail

[Bill Nuttall]

Great bird Brian

The image works well in all respects for me

[Daniel Cadieux]

The perch is superb! Neat "nuthatch" pose here. I too could go for a slightly better head angle, but all else looks top notch to me.

[Isaac Grant]

I echo what Daniel said. Only other thing I could add is that if mine I would use NIK Viveza try a version where I lowered the contrast and structure of the background to see if I could take a little away from the busy background. Not sure it would work but I worth a shot I think.

[Colin Driscoll]

Sweet image. I don't mind the BG but would probably have tried a crop just above the lower lichen patch.

[Brian Desjardins]

Thank you all for your nice comments very much appreciated.


Brian

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Outstanding capture, Brian. The color palette is beautiful and light quality exceptional. Like the patches of lichen on perch.

Geoffrey




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[David Salem]

Besides maybe a little better HA, this one rocks! Well done on all fronts!