Floral with Avian guest

Gallery: FloraPosted December 20, 2009120 views6 comments

Forgive me! I know this shot looks way out of category but it is a marriage of my two favorites, Flora and Avian, taken this year. The short story was I had actively spent months looking for a white crowned sparrow to add to my avian gallery when I found this fellow at the local tulip festival. I arrived before dawn to find him on the post in front of my car and had many brief meetings throughout the day as the crowds walked the rows of tulips. I can only assume their was a nest somewhere in the rows as he did not seem intimidated by all the people.
Please feel free to remove if the sparrow is too out of place here.

canon 40D
canon 600mm f4.L
F/5.6 @ 1/1000
ISO 400

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6 comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on December 20, 2009 at 6:52 PM

Craig: The only place I might want to move this is to my hard drive. Party crashers are always welcome and I especially like birds since we don't often see them posted. My only suggestion would be to paint/clone some color into the bright spot along the right edge and then print it large. Kudos for your persistence and perseverance and for a fine image. >=))>

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Comment posted by Christine Adams on December 20, 2009 at 6:57 PM

What a fun shot Craig!! Love it! I would probably crop off some of the top, to just above the bloom behind the sparrow as the two oof blooms above are a bit distracting. Other than that, yeah!!!

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Comment posted by Philip Southard on December 20, 2009 at 9:07 PM

Neat shot Craig.

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Comment posted by Steven M Kahn on December 20, 2009 at 11:31 PM

Neat posting Craig. Nice composition and great capture. Patience paid off!

White Crowned Sparrows are one of my favorite visitors to our bird feeders, often preferring to forage on the ground to eating from the feeders. They are here for only several days in the spring while in transit. Thank you for sharing.

Registered on July 20, 2009, 140 Posts, 1198 Comments

Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on December 21, 2009 at 9:42 AM

Craig, A party crasher in the form of a bird is rather rare on the Flora forum. This is excellent and Bill has a great suggestion as well. Love this photo using the flowers to frame the bird.

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Comment posted by beth summer on December 21, 2009 at 12:29 PM

What a delightful addition to he Flora forum!!! The tulips definitely play an integral part of the image and thank you for sharing this in this forum! I'll ditto Bill's suggestion, but otherwise, a wonderful comp.

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