Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

[Jonathan Ashton]

An unexpected encounter, I was equipped for butterflies not wrens, sizable crop.
I applied a little less sharpening than I might have done another day.
Olympus E-M1MarkIII
Focal Length : 210.0mm
Focal length in 35 mm film : 421.0mm
Exposure mode : Manual exposure
ISO Sensitivity : 1000
Exposure compensation : +0.3 EV
Shutter : 1/2000 sec
Aperture : F4

ACR/PSCC

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Jon, a nice opportunity and killer backdrop. Again I like the calling pose and I'm pleased to see the subject has room to breathe... But I'm not a lover of the perch, I find it competes with the subject and in some way looks like an elongated snapping turtle!!!!

I might remove the bird dropping and perhaps just come up on the crop to dropout the hole????

TFS
Steve

[Jonathan Ashton]

Steve, I appreciate the perch is a bummer, I find the expression, "it is what it is" irritating but that is precisely the case. It was a less than perfect scenario, it is entirely as I saw it. Good idea to crop above the hole, the dropping is inconsequential for me.

[Arthur Morris]

Nice bird and singing pose. With the white blotches, the BKGR is less than ideal for me. The perch is simply much too large. And ugly. A crop as suggested would be better. And the light is from behind the bird ...

with love, artie

[Kurt Bowman]

Hi John, I agree with the comments above about the perch, but love the singing pose. I also wish you had a bit more DOF.

[gail bisson]

Love the bird and the BG but the perch is a real problem for me.
I would try to smooth out the white/green line in the BG,
Gail

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Jon .... the Wren looks very very good , IMHO , as does the overall image including the BG .
I am with the others that the perch is not ideal .... but would have taken the shot as well , so I can fully understand your thinking .

TFS Andreas

[John Mack]

Nice singing pose on the wren. The perch is what it is.