Marsh Wren 2

[Mike Milicia]

EOS-1D Mk III, 500mm f/4 + 1.4x II, 1/1000, f/8, ISO 800
Evaluative metering at +2/3
About 90% of Full Frame (cropped from top and left)

Photographed a couple weeks ago at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord, MA.
This was captured a few minutes after the vertical posted previously.

Looking forward to your comments and critiques!

[Ramon M. Casares]

Fantastic! Nothing I wouls change! Light, pose, enviroemt/BG, natural moment, detail, colors, all is stunning to me! Big cpongratulations!

[Steve Maxson]

Excellent pose, sharpness, and light, Mike. Love the green cattail background.

[Lana Hays]

Mike
You have a nemesis bird of mine.....been chasing them for the past two years. So glad that someone has a wonderful image of one. Great colors and with him singing, he's certainly showing his personality. I waffle between too much or too little USM. I'm presently in a "softer" mood so I'm wondering if there is a tad oversharpening....but it's a matter of taste. Well done.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great light, singing pose and BG. I like this one, too, but liked the composition of the previous one better.

[Jim Fenton]

Mike...

I'm envious as I've never seen one and they look like beautiful little subjects.

Perhaps I need a guided tour down there from you one of these days :)

I like the angles created bu the cat tail fronds, but I wonder if they might not be better blurred a bit more to supplement the DOF?

The pose isn't optimal as it really throws the tail OOF way past the available DOF.

Also, the whites look rather hot (I don't think they are blown though).

[Dave Phillips]

really beautiful, for my taste would only darken the eye pupil and top crown a bit.
Congrats on a super wren

[John Ippolito]

Very nice image all the way around. colors and contrast work very well. I have good detail in all the whites on my monitor.