Savannah Sparrow

Gallery: AvianPosted April 28, 2011159 views10 comments

I took advantage of last Saturday's nice weather to spend a couple of hours on the local prairie preserve. This Savannah really liked the perches set up for a Meadowlark study (hopefully I'll get the Meadowlark soon).

1D MkIV, 500mm f4 + 1.4TC, Black Widow on Gitzo legs, f9, 1/800, iso 640, Av mode with +1.0 compensation, cropped from 16 to 6.5MP, taken on April 23rd at 7:36 am. Normal processing in CS4.

Your comments and criticisms are always appreciated.

Thanks,

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on April 28, 2011 at 10:11 AM

nice singing pose and comp, Dennis. the top of the head seems slightly less sharp than the rest of the bird (maybe a dof effect), so maybe a little more selective sharpening there.

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Comment posted by Peter Conway on April 28, 2011 at 10:40 AM

Great pose, it makes me happy. I look forward to your meadowlarks!

Peter

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on April 28, 2011 at 1:55 PM

Dennis,
great singing pose of this sparrow and nice colors and comp. I agree with Brian about a bit more sharpening on the head.

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Comment posted by Karen Summers on April 28, 2011 at 3:08 PM

Just looked at the large Dennis and agree a bit more sharpening on the head easily sorted, but a fine image and great pose

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Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on April 28, 2011 at 5:28 PM

That singing pose is great, Dennis. Nice diagonal perch and clean background. The head and bill look a bit soft in the larger post.

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Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on April 28, 2011 at 10:00 PM

Really like this singing in pose shot set against such a clean blue backdrop, very nice Dennis :^)

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on April 29, 2011 at 11:54 PM

Excellent singing pose and great light, Dennis. I also like your comp and exposure techs very much. Agree with Brian and Monica that the focus seems to be on the wings.

I saw them around here last year and hope to get some images this year.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on April 30, 2011 at 7:11 AM

I like this clean simple comp, terrific singing pose Dennis.
Great detail/DOF and natural colors, nice catch-light too..
Handsome little sparrow, well done!

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on April 30, 2011 at 1:14 PM

Good one, Dennis. Lots of feather detail, although maybe needs a bit of sharpening on the head as has been mentioned. Love the singing pose. Can almost hear the song.

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on May 2, 2011 at 10:16 PM

Great pose and open calling beak. I agree about the focus on the face unfortunately but I still really like the image

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