Marsh Wren

Gallery: AvianPosted April 29, 201398 views13 comments

Another from last Wednesday at Ridgefield. I stopped at the one walk-in blind and was tracking the movements of one Marsh Wren through the reeds, hoping for a shot, when this one suddenly popped into view much nearer and gave me some nice poses. There was one I preferred a little more but there was a reed was right in front of the beak (my wife says Jim should start a whole gallery for "almost, but not quite great shots").

7D, 500mm f4 ISL + 1.4 TC, braced on blind window, f8, 1/640, iso 400, Av mode with no compensation. Brought the tail out of the shadows a bit in ACR, otherwise processed in CS6. Cropped to 8.3MP. Taken at 7:52 am on April 24th.

Your comments and criticisms are greatly appreciated.

Thanks for looking,

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by jack jaeger jr on April 29, 2013 at 1:40 PM

awesome, love the natural colors and detail.

Registered on April 2, 2012, 26 Posts, 355 Comments

Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on April 29, 2013 at 2:04 PM

Great shot, Dennis. The light was a little bright.... but handled well.

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Comment posted by Martin Dunn on April 29, 2013 at 2:57 PM

Terrific shot Dennis. You've done really well to bring the bird out against a background that is so similar in colour. Good and sharp too.

Registered on February 20, 2013, 198 Posts, 1011 Comments

Comment posted by Scott Frye on April 29, 2013 at 3:36 PM

Like the open beak -- i might try to take a little off the left -- about half way between the edge and the bird -- just to see what that might look like

Registered on February 3, 2007, 387 Posts, 1136 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on April 29, 2013 at 4:00 PM

Good job in bright light and a busy habitat.

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

Comment posted by S Govindarajan on April 29, 2013 at 4:25 PM

Very nicely done, Dennis. Great singing pose and nice light. Great job getting this skulker unobstructed.

Registered on April 19, 2008, 115 Posts, 1921 Comments

Comment posted by KC Choo on April 29, 2013 at 4:39 PM

The sun was high but the bird's position amongst the reeds worked in your favour.

Registered on November 15, 2004, 519 Posts, 8278 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on April 29, 2013 at 5:22 PM

Super detail on this Dennis. I think I have pointed my lens at three of these just in time for them to duck back down out of sight. VERY hard bird to photograph. Also always in a busy environment. I think you did the best you could with the conditions. Nice work!

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

Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on April 29, 2013 at 5:46 PM

Nice job getting an open view of this wren...they are tough to get! Singing pose is a real plus! Sharon

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

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on April 29, 2013 at 6:13 PM

A Marsh Wren in the marsh, go figure

Great detail/DOF and clear view of the bird, a well managed exposure under bright conditions.
I especially like the singing pose Dennis

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments

Comment posted by Claude Dagenais on April 29, 2013 at 8:32 PM

This is no almost but a definite right on.