Here is a House Wren singing its little heart out. They nest in my back yard every summer and I would sure love to see them now. All I see in the winter is the Carolina Wren.
Hi Peter, and welcome to BPN if I may. The pose of this bird is beautiful but you really need to use a faster shutter speed with such small and delicate birds. I see blurriness all around this photograph, especially the moving beak. I don't think the partially hidden tail works well either. But I do like your background - nice contrast of colours. Again, use a faster shutter speed, steadied on a tripod if possible. And aim to get the eye in critical focus. Oh, and next time try to include the technical details with your photographs (i.e. camera model, ISO, aperture - and shutter speed of course). This will help us in our critiquing.
Peter, I agree regarding shutter speed. The whole image looks soft to me and I suspect camera shake is an issue. A tripod would help this but unfortunately won't help with blur due to subject movement which is the issue regarding the blurred lower part of the beak. These little birds move quickly and you need a fast shutter speed to freeze things. You can achieve that by opening your aperture (aperture priority is a good mode) and if that isn't enough increasing your ISO. Technical specs regarding camera, ISO , aperture, shutter speed are helpful to include in your post as Paul suggests
Well done by Paul and Tony as above. I do love the BKGR. Later and love, artie
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Thank you very much for tking the time to help me improve. I appreciate it very much! I used a Nikon D1X with a 300MM F4 lens at F4.0 and 1/45th of a second. It is unlikely that I used a tripod as I have a problem getting the critters to stay in any one place long enough. I'll make it a project to figure out how to do it this summer. I'll find a way.
I really like the contrast between the still upper and blurred lower mandible. It would be a real achievement to create such an image with the bird pin sharp and lower bill still blurred by the speed of the song.