Superb Fairy Wren

Gallery: AvianPosted April 22, 2012178 views9 comments

These are favourites of most people as the males flit around with their harem of brown females. A family has taken up residence around my back yard.

1DMkIIn 500/f4 1.4X
ISO 400 f8 1/320 exp comp -2/3 dull overcast

cheers
Rob

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9 comments

Comment posted by Ken Archer on April 22, 2012 at 4:27 AM

Stunning portrait of this beautiful fellow Rob

Excellent detail where it counts, I like that he's facing you and gave you a perfect head turn and raised tail. I might be tempted to remove the oof reed in the background. Great Shot!!!

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by John Robinson on April 22, 2012 at 6:19 AM

Great stuff !!
JR

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Comment posted by Sally Wood on April 22, 2012 at 6:36 AM

NIce image.. I'm sure this little guy was hard to catch. such beautiful blues......
e

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on April 22, 2012 at 2:47 PM

Another stunning portrait of these handsome little devils, Rob. Lovely work.

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Comment posted by Stephen Kaluski on April 22, 2012 at 3:44 PM

Rob, great looking bird in a lovely and fitting environment. Not wild about the light reed in the BKG, but hey that's wildlife. Might suggest just opening up some of the darker areas in the plumage just to get a hint more detail out of the subject. The larger image does your patience justice

TFS
Steve

Registered on March 25, 2007, 189 Posts, 1064 Comments

Comment posted by keith mitchell on April 22, 2012 at 3:48 PM

Hi Rob.
I always think the almost scaly feathers on the birds head look like they have been painted on if you know what i mean,anyway getting back to your image it looks great and i do know how hard they can be,excellent.
Keith,

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Comment posted by Jenaya Launstein on April 22, 2012 at 4:27 PM

Man that's a beautiful bird! Great image, Rob! I love the pose he gave you, and the details are really good. I agree that the reed in the background is a little distracting.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on April 23, 2012 at 4:31 PM

Rob, love this shot. Great head turn. Great sharpness and detail where it is most important. I think the OOF reed adds to the shot. The way it arcs through the frame, is OOF, and almost joins the cattail at the right all work for me. It adds needed depth to the image as well.

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Comment posted by May Haga on April 23, 2012 at 9:15 PM

Very, very nice Rob.
May

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