Wren on a stick

The Dragonfly's have deserted the normal pitch so it was a look at the old Kingfisher perch, when this chap appeared in some really changeable lighting.

techs:
Model: NIKON D2X

Date/Time: 2008:06:23 19:28:27.24
Program: Aperture Priority
Metering: Center Weighted
Exposure Time: 1/40 sec
Ev Bias: -2/3
ISO: 200
Exif Contrast: High
Exif Saturation: Normal
Exif Sharp: High
Color Mode: MODE2
WB Mode: AUTO
Sharpening: HIGH
Tone: HIGH
AF Mode: MANUAL
Image Dimensions: 4296x2860

Hi Paul,

It's a lovely pose, and it's great to catch it in action mid-sing. The photo does seem to be lacking sharpness though, maybe another round of USM?

Cheers,

Dan.

Not wanting to sound overly critical , but i find the perch distracts from the wren.

Very nice capture Paul have agree that the perch is a little busy and it could do with a bit more sharpening, other than those minor nitpicks a fine shot



Ian

A nice pose from the wren, but that perch is a touch overpowering, not sure what is going on here but the whole lower half of the image seems to be taking on a cyan/blueish cast that I am finding distracts from the main subject too much, from this I would go for a square crop keeping the full width, but losing a lot of that perch and then tone down/ remove that cast from the bottom...

HTH, as long as the original wasn't too much of a crop there is potential here...

Good clear view but as Phil mentions a starnge colouration in the bottom half of the image

I'd wondered if some of the funny colour was water in the background, but the perch itself does have a strange hue. Maybe some gremlins crept in during conversion or uploading?! Otherwise the wren pose is fab but would prefer more sharpness around the eye

I think it would be better with most of the perch cropped off. And there's a definite blue cast (WB?).



Paul