Marsh Wren

Gallery: AvianPosted August 25, 2011756 views20 comments

From the only good day I've ever had photographing this species. Not sure what you'll think of the OOF vertical stripes at right - they're a mixture of last year's dead and this year's live cattails.

7D, 1/2000, f/8, ISO 400, 500 f/4, 1.4 tc, shot from pickup window on 5/13/11, cropped to 67% of original image, cloned out a very small piece of fiber or something hanging down from the top of the frame, sharpened bird and perch, no additional processing or adjustments, natural light, not set up or baited

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Comments/critique appreciated

Comments

20 comments

Comment posted by Verdon on August 25, 2011 at 7:32 PM

great great great shot, pose and quality, thnx for sharing!!!

Registered on June 10, 2011, 147 Posts, 1444 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on August 25, 2011 at 7:36 PM

Sweet! I have only had one good day with this species as well and you put me on the area. I love the detail on the bird and reed in the larger image. Just spectacular. I also love the BG. Sure a nice consistent smooth BG is nice, but this BG adds some real stand out elements IMO. I would love to have taken this shot.

Registered on December 6, 2008, 360 Posts, 7132 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on August 25, 2011 at 7:44 PM

Excellent. Wonderful detail. Strong composition. Natural colors.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on August 25, 2011 at 7:52 PM

Wonderful! I like the singing pose and I like the stripes...that's where they hang out and they're blurred nicely. Very well done. Sharon

Registered on November 1, 2003, 392 Posts, 4810 Comments

Comment posted by Scott Frye on August 25, 2011 at 8:02 PM

Love that pose

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on August 25, 2011 at 9:15 PM

wonderful pose, Ron, great details and nice comp also. I like the bg (although I like the darker reed at far right just a little less for not fitting the color scheme of the others as well)--the oof verticals are a nice rendition of Marsh Wren habitat.

Registered on March 21, 2009, 202 Posts, 4187 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on August 25, 2011 at 9:25 PM

Just a lovely shot of the bird! The open beak for the song, the eye, the detail are all good. The bird is suc a commanding presence in this photo, the OOF cattails are not a bother at all.

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 25, 2011 at 10:58 PM

Sweet, Ron. the verticals don't bother me. They're sufficiently oof not to be obtrusive and give the sense of habitat. Great singing pose.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on August 26, 2011 at 1:06 AM

Ron, I don't think they come any more beautiful than this.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on August 26, 2011 at 1:32 AM

The marsh wren shot we all wish we had!
Perfect pose, singing, great detail.
BG doesn't bother me at all with a shot like this.
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on August 26, 2011 at 2:00 AM

A,ong your best posts, Ron, and that's saying something. I've found this species to be incredibly difficult to get out in the open...

Registered on August 28, 2006, 1240 Posts, 8506 Comments

Comment posted by S Govindarajan on August 26, 2011 at 11:33 AM

Great pose, Ron! Perfect techs and good DOF. I don't find the background distracting.

Excellent job getting this in the open!

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Comment posted by KC Choo on August 26, 2011 at 12:23 PM

BG is fine for me, although it would have been good to get a clean one. A classic pose captured for this often noisy Wren.

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on August 26, 2011 at 3:01 PM

The bg is different Ron the bird itself takes my eye away from anything else its super.

Keith.

Registered on July 12, 2008, 127 Posts, 1735 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Archer on August 26, 2011 at 9:41 PM

Excellent singing pose with detail where it counts, sweet photo Ron!!!

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on August 26, 2011 at 9:56 PM

I quite like the bg here Ron, excellent singing pose and details too.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on August 27, 2011 at 3:59 PM

Ron, Can't imagine why anyone would take issue with the vertical reeds...these guys hang out in the marsh (obviously) and not sure how you could achieve anything else...plus I have tried getting a shot of this species several times and they are very hard to fin in the marsh. Nicely done!!

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments

Comment posted by Michael Lotito on August 27, 2011 at 5:08 PM

Superb wren shot Ron. I like the vertical in both the perch and background. The bird is nice and sharp and well exposed!

Registered on June 26, 2009, 181 Posts, 1558 Comments

Comment posted by May Haga on August 28, 2011 at 12:40 PM

Wonderful image Ron. Nice to capture the calling action.
May

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Comment posted by Peter Conway on August 29, 2011 at 2:50 PM

Great capture, wren, BG and especially attitude.

Peter

Registered on June 25, 2007, 347 Posts, 3913 Comments