White Crowned Sparrow

Gallery: AvianPosted June 14, 201382 views6 comments

Early morning in the back yard sometimes can be productive. This White Crowned Sparrow posed in an apple tree that usually hosts far more birds than apples. The odd looking bg is the peak of the neighbor's house, but I kind of liked the way it worked with the other lines in the image.

1Div, 500mm f4 ISL + 1.4TC, Black Widow on RRS legs, f7.1, 1/1600, iso 800, Av mode with -1/3 stop compensation. Processed in CS6 and cropped to 5.7 MP. Taken May 3rd at 6:49 am.

Your comments and criticisms are always welcome.

Thanks for looking,

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by John Neukirch on June 14, 2013 at 7:02 PM

A wonderful pose, the large version is absolutely exquisite. Very well done!

Registered on July 9, 2012, 207 Posts, 1476 Comments

Comment posted by Claude Dagenais on June 15, 2013 at 6:04 AM

You did a nice job on DOF to blur the background Dennis, nice comp and very nice overall capture.

Registered on April 10, 2013, 56 Posts, 571 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on June 15, 2013 at 8:36 PM

Well done, Dennis. Came out well for such a large crop.

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

Comment posted by Rob Drummond on June 16, 2013 at 5:50 AM

Nice one Dennis - really like the complementary angles of the bird, perch and background

Registered on November 8, 2003, 617 Posts, 8267 Comments

Comment posted by Hans Overduin on June 16, 2013 at 9:35 AM

Great subject with a nice complementary background !