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Jan. 2017 GOTM

Gallery: Gallery of the MonthPosted January 25, 20171,459 views18 comments

Carolina Wren

I met up with Nate during one his Texas trips last spring. I'm just starting to look at what I shot during that trip. I guess I'm a little behind. I don't recall why the iso 3200. It must have been early.

D800
600mm
f8
1/160
iso 3200

Comments

18 comments

Comment posted by Skip Layman on January 25, 2017 at 12:02 PM

This came out quite nicely considering the high ISO. My only nit would be the light gray areas in the background which. for me take my eye away from the bird.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on January 25, 2017 at 1:27 PM

Gotta love the pose the Wren gave you. Details look great. Not wild about the large perch and the OOF part of it at the very bottom of the frame though.

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on January 25, 2017 at 5:54 PM

Hi Charlie,

A pretty nice comp--you could crop about a fifth from the bottom to eliminate the OOF base of the perch. BG is nice and smooth and the wren gave you a nice look...................................Jim

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on January 25, 2017 at 8:55 PM

A favorite eastern species that I mis here in AZ. Nice to see one in the open like this. Image quality looks quite nice even at that high ISO.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 26, 2017 at 1:02 AM

Nice one, Charlie. A wonderful wren pose and really sweet perch.

devil

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on January 26, 2017 at 10:37 AM

Great detail, nice background, really cute look of and from the bird. I agree that you might try cropping a bit from the bottom to eliminate some of the OOF portion of the perch.

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on January 26, 2017 at 12:48 PM

Gotta love those wren poses. I too would crop a bit off teh bottom. Really sweet image.

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on January 26, 2017 at 6:37 PM

Nice perch, background and pose. Also nice separation from the background

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on January 27, 2017 at 3:29 PM

Great pose with the tail up Charlie. I agree with others about cropping away some of the bottom. The post must have been leaning away from you a bit to go oof like that. Decent background too.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on January 28, 2017 at 4:30 AM

Excellent - wonderful pose, bright eye, sharp detail. I'd personally darken the stump a bit, and darken the upper right light area.
Very nice work!
Sandy

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Comment posted by David Bogener on January 28, 2017 at 11:42 AM

Perfect wren pose. Love the weathered perch. The large perch does not bother me as wrens frequently use them in my area. I do think the image would be stronger had you been able to get the entire perch in focus. Subject and perch pop nicely off the background. Well done.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on January 29, 2017 at 5:05 AM

A beautiful portrait of this lively looking little fellow Charlie!

Sweet pose, nice details, complimentary background an all around pleasing photograph.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on February 4, 2017 at 10:51 AM

Excellent, Charlie. You are on a roll!

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on February 4, 2017 at 1:42 PM

Hey Charlie,
Excellent in all respects,
Congratulations on the WP . . . devil

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on February 5, 2017 at 12:36 AM

Excellent - nice WP !
Sandy

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on February 5, 2017 at 7:35 PM

Thanks, everyone ! crying

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on February 9, 2017 at 12:15 PM

Congratulations Charlie, well deserved! enlightened

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on February 11, 2017 at 8:00 AM

Charlie: Great pose on a great perch. Delightful shot and congrats on the WP. >=))>

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