Male Variegated Fairy Wren

[Paul Burdett]

Hi all. This male Variegated fairy-wren was photographed some months ago in Brisbane. Canon 7D Mk2, Canon ef100-400, 1,800th sec, f8 at 400mm. I have applied some of the suggestions made in relation to my previous post (Mistletoebird), but welcome more feedback. Thanks in advance.

[Gerhard Weldhagen]

Hi Paul,

This image looks very good to me, the colours of the bird and perch stand out well against the painterly background. If it was mine I would lose the OOF twig between the main perch and the bird`s backside. A little more space on the left would lift this image even more.

Cheers,

Gerhard

[gail bisson]

Agree with Gehard re:OOF twig.
The eye looks odd- did you use flash? I would get rid of some of the reflections that you see above the catchlight.
I would also try to lift the blacks in the breast as they are chocked up with little detail.
Sweet little bird,
Gail

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Beautiful bird nicely captured. I like the patches of lichen on the perch, and agree with the above suggestions. If you did use flash I would remove its center catchlight and leave the upper natural CL with a bit of cleanup.

Geoffrey




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[stuart wanuck]

pretty bird

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

I was wondering whether you used flash? The little white spot in the pupil appears to indicate so.

A slightly more ideal HA would be better and more room behind it as well as and I agree with the other suggestions from Gail, Gerhard and Geoffrey. :)

[Paul Burdett]

Hi all. Thank you for the feedback and the suggestions. I agree about the twig, I'll clone that out, and add a little more space behind the bird. I'll also "fix" the catch light and other suggestions. Cheers.