House Wren

[Mark Schmitt]

I know this must look strange. It looks as though the BG is a studio back drop. In reality this is exactly as was taken. The BG is a bluff over looking an estuary; the bird and the bluffs tones are so similar, that by the time the 500mm lense compressed the hues of the bluff it rendered them as a single mono-tone. This causes the bird to look as though it were copied and pasted into the BG. On a personal note I would like to have a bit more DOF on this.

EXIF:
Camera: Canon 30D
Lense: Canon EF 500 IS L / f 4.0
Metering: pattern
Mode: apeture priority
Exposure: 1/1000 @ f 9.0 / exp. comp -.33; fill flash -1.33 comp.
ISO: 320
White bal: custom 5100 K
Monopod

[Tony Whitehead]

Lovely result. The colours work well and there is a bit of tonal variation in the BG. Lovely feather and eye detail, DOF looks OK to me. The lack of contrast on the perch is the thing that looks a little odd to me.

[DarrenMcKenna]

I like this image Mark, your BG is a common result with the EF 500L IS in fact it's a desired effect IMO.

[James Salywoda]

Sweet shot! Mike the details and colors are awesome I also like your more conventional crop.

[Fabs Forns]

The BG is great for this bir, and lovely pose and sharpness. Love the detail in the plumage.

[Grace Scalzo]

very appealing image. I think the background is perfect.

[Daniel Cadieux]

As per Tony, the first thing that I noticed was the way less contrasty perch. You select it and boost contrast to match the wren. Otherwise a very appealing image with an excellent complimentary BG colour :-)

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great details, pose, angle and BG. The DOF looks good to me but I agree with the other comments regarding the washed out perch.