Wren

Difficult exposure situation for the camera to evaluate correctly. I'm assuming that this was shot in Av or TV mode and as a result, the shadow area has dominated the exposure calculation. As a result the lichen has unfortunately blown out. Not important if you just want a record shot of the bird though. Looking at the lighting on the bird, I would have expected a "sunny f16" exposure to work OK, but if this is "as-shot", without any post exposure correction, that would probably have rendered the scene a bit too dark; the exposure posted is 3-stops over the "sunny-f16" value. I expected wren numbers to plummet after the past winter, but I haven't really noticed a decline down here.

I like it very much Ron, I like the dark background which sets off the Wren really well. The perch is fine as far as I am concerned but then I am just looking for a pleasing picture - which to me - this is.I do have a wren in the garden but cannot get a capture of it. I think the very hard winter affected them quite badly.

I like the dark background here, I think a little selective reduction in the contrast of the lichen will bring out some better detail there as well. Nice one Ron.

David

Exposure does look difficult, sure its all solveable potentially very nice