Cactus Wren

[Charlie VanTassel]

Photographed early yesterday in Anza Borrego State Park.

D700
500mm VR
1.4X TC
1/1000 @ f/11
iso 640

[Scott Frye]

Very nice perch and a gorgeous background of the Arizona State Bird.

[Steve Canuel]

Great BG, nice symmetry between the angle of the bird and the perch, detail, color, and open beak all are top notch. Nice image.

[DanWalters]

Great color and sharpness. Really like the perch.

[Juan Aragonés]

Superb singing pose Charlie, superb BG and sharpness. The perch is really nice and, regarding the composition, I miss more room at the bottom and less at the top. Very cool bird, BTW

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

I wish it was wearing boots to protect those little feet! :D Nah, seriously I only wish the head angle was a bit more towards you, just a touch. But your BG is perfect as is the singing action and exposure. Congrats!

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Very nice image. The sharpness is quite ok. Love the pose of the bird as well.
From composition point of view a bit of crop from the left would improve I guess and I would also add a gently contrast.

Szimi

[Stu Bowie]

Pin, pin sharp, with excellent exposure. He really stands out against an amazing OOF BG. Congrats.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great details, perch, BG, angle and the open beak adds to it. If anything, I would put the bird a bit further to the left and a bit higher in the frame.

[Mark Schmitt]

I'm familiar with this bird. Have lots of them in California. The cactus is so typical of this bird. Did you come accross any of the nests? They are amazing. The image is very good. Fanned tail is a plus. Agree that the bird should be placed up in the frame a bit more. Well done.

[Kobus Tollig]

GReat shot well done. Like the bg perch and detail

[Simon Bennett]

Good pose, perch, background and detail.