Riverside Wren

[Richard Unsworth]

Hi

Chased this little guy for a long time through the gardens at Lookout Inn, Carate, Osa Peninsula
hard to capture as it lives in low bush growth.

Species is endemic to Costa Rica and Panama so is quite sought after ;)

Canon 40 D 100-400IS 1/640 @320, f5.6 0Ev manual
Rich

[Ray Rozema]

Very interesting species. Like the expression the focus point looks it might be on the back a little from the eye. the leaves in the front are overpowering

TFS
Ray Rozema

[Lance Peters]

Hi Richard - tough one no doubt due to the habitat. Head/Eye area looks a little soft - some additional sharpening might help.
The pink foreground leaves are quite distracting - not much you could do about it though.
Like the open beak pose!

[Richard Unsworth]

Hi

Note image reduced to 82 K on upload I does look softer on the head here, but not here on my full file, I will look at adding a little more.

Foliage - can only try to get as little as possible. I toyed with the idea of cropping to head shot; wud be able to get rid of the pink leaves then

Rich

[Dave Mills]

Hi Richard, Good comments above regarding softness and overpowering elements in the back and foreground.
The problem with cropping the image so radically is you probably would lose alot of image quality.