The pose and perch are awesome, Allen. Excellent job on the wren. Did you do something to the middle of that lichen clump just under the rear foot? The center of it looks really odd.
Oh, excellent! Love these little guys.
A perfect singing pose fine detail, bright eye and great BG.
My only possible suggestion would be to slightly lighten the darker areas of the perch. There is nice detail there I’d like to see, as well as avoiding being drawn to the darker area.
Excellent!
Oh wow! This is so nice! I love the tail up position and the head turn with a nice open beak. The perch is pretty cool and the background is oh so scrumptious and beautiful coloration. I am also noticing the lichen clump dead center that @Dennis_Plank mentions. It looks odd for sure but it may just be the underside of it?? Otherwise, something is amiss with it. Easy fix I’m sure. I also agree with @SandyR-B regarding some very dark spots near the tip of the perch that have gone black. Also and easy fix. Can’t think of anything else with this one. Superb image.
Wonderful image of the wren in a classic pose, Allen. Nice light and I really like the colors in the frame. Others have already pointed some nits, but these are very minor IMHO and easily fixed.
Thanks @Dennis_Plank, @SandyR-B, @Peter_Morrissey, @David_Haynes, and @S_Govindarajan for your kind words and advice. I’ve reposted the image. That odd looking area of lichen is something I’ve seen in other images of mine and may be due to how the sun is reflecting off the lichen or the results of decreasing the highlights. I removed it and cloned in some of the other parts of the lichen. I also reduced the shadows on the front of the perch.
Looks a lot better, Allen. I have an idea percolating in my head on how to handle that issue. I’ll try to work on it tomorrow to see if I can make it work and I’ll let you know.
My wife turned on Sherlock-the modern version, so I came into the office and started playing. I tried a number of things most of which were ugly. This is the result with the adjustments in LR underneath. I just selected the area with the local adjustment brush and started playing.
