Blue Breasted Fairy Wren [male]

[Ian McLachlan]

This is quite rare in the Eastern side of Aust., and the first I have ever seen .Very closely related to a' Variegated' version which has a black Breast and not quite the brilliant blues.
Hard to get these little ones out of the sticks where they keep safe . Burnt log is the sensible result of' cool burn'[controlled] in the Southern Hemisphere Autumn several years before. Some times it doesn't quite work out as we would like.




D5
500pf
500mm
1600th
iso 2000
hh
40% crop
Denoise at auto
All comment much appreciated.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Ian .... wow cool shot !!!
This Wren is such a nice bird with that blue /red feather combo .
Great timing to get him jumping , sadly the image has some technical shortcomings in terms of sharpness .
Pleasing BG and I am ok with the dominant log in front !

But from the IQ POV it is not a keeper .

TFS Andreas

[David Roach]

What a beauty... The colors make it. Looks like if you can create smaller crop, Andreas issue may be solvable. TFS

ps
Love the hop and even the motion blur in the legs/feet. Killer BG...

[dankearl]

Very cool bird and jump pose.... I might re process unless this is a huge crop.
Details seem a bit coarse, I think you could do better...

[Brian Sump]

Ian, I think this is just a beautiful canvas. That goes for the composition, creamy bkg and I even find myself really liking the burnt perch.

The main feedback I'll offer is regarding critical sharpness. Not sure if it's movement at 1/1600 or partially due to crop. While it's a lovely capture, I think if you can eek a little more out without compromising IQ it might help.

Thanks for sharing this, really neat.

[Paul Burdett]

Hi Ian. What a beauty! I've only photographed the Variegated wren (as well as the Red-backed and Superb wrens). Just checked my book "Complete Guide to Australian Birds, by George Adams (love this book) and the description/photos of the Blue-breasted breeding male show the crown as a deep blue with a lilac sheen (to my eye, almost a purple colour in the photo in the book), so just wondering whether the colouring is a little off here, as on my calibrated monitor it is mainly blue.
Aside from that, I'm fine with the sharpness, and I love how you've got it "levitated" from the perch. Great BG, pose as well. TFS

[Ian McLachlan]

Thanks all, I think too big a crop as I looked again.

[Bill Dix]

Beautiful bird and great action. Would be a keeper in my book. Faster shutter speed could have helped, and a looser crop, but a good moment captured.

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Very Nicely Captured.
Background Colors and tonal variation from the perch really helps.

TFS