Cactus Wren

Gallery: AvianPosted April 14, 2012166 views12 comments

I met up with my very good friend Charlie again yesterday at Anza Borrego Desert State Park, our favourite haunt. And, testing the new 5D MkIII body, I must say we had a reasonable morning despite the cold and windy conditions. I can only describe this new "backup" body as being a keeper!

5D MkIII, 300mm f2.8 + 2.0X, 1/4000 @ f7.1, ISO1000, handheld. Laptop processed.

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Barbara Graham on April 14, 2012 at 1:15 PM

Great composition with all the diagonals and the complementary positions of the two birds. The pose of the in-focus bird is very nice. I also really like the color splashes. Light and colors look really nice.

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on April 14, 2012 at 1:46 PM

Love the fanned tail and the diagonal perches KC. The two blooms on either side of the image add nicely to the symmetry of the comp.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on April 14, 2012 at 1:47 PM

A very captivating image KC. Would love to see a larger version for better details, but looks nice from what I can see. Glad to hear the 5D III is a capable camera. Can't wait to start hearing about the 1Dx.

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on April 14, 2012 at 4:38 PM

Excellent perch, love the red accents.

Ray

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on April 15, 2012 at 4:36 AM

Nice display this wren is performing, I like the curious look of the background bird, excellent composition too. Sweet Photo Kwan!!!

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on April 15, 2012 at 2:54 PM

I like the composition and the birds fanned out tail,difficult to judge how sharp it is at this size but it does look a little soft to me.

Keith.

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on April 15, 2012 at 7:57 PM

So wish for both birds to be in focus. One of those, "If only..." kinds of things... After all, though, the bird on the left looks so jaunty and perky and it's a great comp.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 15, 2012 at 11:03 PM

Sweet, KC. I love the fanned tail.

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Comment posted by Verdon on April 15, 2012 at 11:05 PM

they are beautiful, nice shot even on spiky perch!!!!

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on April 16, 2012 at 10:30 PM

Love the bird on the left with the cocked tail here Kwan, the rest is a bit busy but interesting.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on April 17, 2012 at 6:25 AM

Great setting KC - like the series of stems passing through the image.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on April 17, 2012 at 9:56 AM

I really lie your choice for DOF showing the different layers of this shot Kwan. Nice techs as usual and really great comp on a shot that is not easy to compose!

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