Winter Wren

[Jeroen Stel]

Hi Guys,

Shot this little fellow last week during a garden-bird workshop i hosted. We had some great sunlight and the birds where very cooperative.

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Canon Eos 1D Mark3
Shutter speed: 1/250 sec
Aperture: F 7,1
Exposure mode: AV
Exposure compensation: - 1
Flash:no
Flash exposure compensation: -
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Focus
ISO: 500
Lens: Canon 500mm F4
Focal length: 650 mm
AF mode: Auto Focus
On tripod & Wimberley Sidekick fron hide
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/My own mix-Sharpening

[Tony Whitehead]

Lovely perch, BG and pose, Jeroen. Could maybe use a touch more sharpening on the bird. Interested to know why -1 exposure comp as image looks fairly midtone apart from perch - how close to the right was the histogram on the original capture?

[Neil Losin]

Excellent, this is not an easy species! Great light and colors.

[Nikolay Staykov - shotlandetsa]

Fantastic image !!! One of the finest of this species.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

I really like the pose and the bg!

[Terry Sohl]

Neat shot. Love the pose, the perch, and the background. Maybe a tad more sharpening on the bird?

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great pose, light and BG. I agree regarding a tad more sharpening.

[Daniel Cadieux]

A bit more sharpening for web presentation...but that's it. Great perch, pose, BG, and composition. I'm also interested in the -1 EC...I suspect the perch and yellows in the BG were brighter than appear - but the subject would have been rendered quite dark? Wahtever it was, it worked!

[Melvin Grey]

Very attractive image with the Wren in a 'classic' pose for this species. You were certainly lucky to get their co-operation when you were hosting a workshop!

[Ramon M. Casares]

I love the comp, the BG and light, pose and detail are excellent too! Congratulaitons!