Marsh Wren Surprise.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I was busy photographing another Marsh Wren, using a bit of audio, when this one popped up even closer. It looks very impressed with my presence trudging through its territory, wouldn't you say! Anyhow, it just as soon disappeared into the reeds.

Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/2500s., f/5.6, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, small crop to help the comp, toned down the brightest whites.

[kevin Hice]

Love Marsh wrens Daniel and the stare is great.Nicely done with the green background TFS.

[dankearl]

To be honest, this is not one of your best...very small DOF, just too close for the lens....

[Daniel Cadieux]

Thanks Dan, I actually love the thin dof here :-)

[annmpacheco]

I like the expressive look you captured from out of the abstract "greens", and whoosh, it was gone. They are so darn quick, so kudos for this one Dan, just love their babbling lyrical songs...

[David Roach]

Very cool BG with great curious stare. SH where it needs to be to focus on the look.... TFS

[William Dickson]

I don't mind the DOF, I think it gives good depth to the image. The eye is immediately drawn to the birds face...Lovely BG colours. Nice POV...No laying in the mud here then...

Will

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Hi Dan, a cool image with nice pose and shallow DOF highlights the eyes.

[John Mack]

Love the pose on this wren. The painterly background is nice. I rarely see these birds in my local.