Dunnock

[Richard Unsworth]

Hi

Usually a ground bird so I was pleased to capture like this.

Canon 40D 100-400 IS on f 5.6 1/500 ISO 400, Av

Rich

[Dave Mills]

Hi Richard, I like your positioning of the subject along with even lighting. Good that you gave more room in the front of the bird. I might run some noise reduction on the backround and if this were mine remove the yellow flowers on the left...

[Sandra K. Mathews-Benham]

Delightful capture, is this it a Carolina Wren (I'm learning my birds, too). I agree, as much as I like a splash of color, the yellow in the background is slightly distracting. Great position, too, looks like it's just about the fly away.

[Richard Unsworth]

Hi

Took out yellow flowers and ran NR.
Sandra the bird is called a Dunnock here; I ran a google search on Corolina Wren and they are very different. It takes a while to learn them all; indeed as I am new to UK birds I had no idea what this was!
The Carolina Wren is very similar to the Rufous naped I see in Costa Rica

Rich

[Sandra K. Mathews-Benham]

Rich
Thanks for the updated image, it does look quite a bit better without the noise. I've never seen a Dunnock, thank you for sharing!
Sandra

[Richard Unsworth]

Hi Sandra

Lol, don't worry too much I hadn't either there are thousands needed on my list!

keep shooting

Rich

[Sandra K. Mathews-Benham]

Thanks for your encouragement! We saw our carolina wren out our picture windows today--but it's part sun/shade, too bright. sigh. Maybe this evening. . .