Golden-crowned Sparrow

Gallery: AvianPosted June 28, 2014480 views7 comments

It was a pleasure to photograph a pair of these birds in an alpine area in the Rockies I hiked to last week.

Nikon D300s, 200-400VR @ 400, 200 iso, f5, 1/640, full frame, monopod. (My D4 is in for autofocus issue so using the 300s)

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7 comments

Comment posted by John Robinson on June 28, 2014 at 10:42 AM

Great pic Gary. Love the position of the perch and the backdrop. Good stuff!
JohnR

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on June 28, 2014 at 11:18 AM

This looks really nice in the larger version. Great pose!. Sharon

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on June 28, 2014 at 11:58 AM

Hi Gary,

Beautiful shot. Composition and pose work well for this image....................Jim

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Comment posted by Basri Akcasoy on June 28, 2014 at 5:17 PM

Nice pose...

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on June 28, 2014 at 8:37 PM

This looks great, Gary. I like the pose and the surroundings. I do see a pretty good halo around the bird. I would just select the bird and twig for sharpening to get rid of the halo. Also, there is lighter spot to the left of the branches I would smooth out. Very nice.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on June 28, 2014 at 9:32 PM

Thanks for the comments everyone. Charlie, I see the areas you are referring to. I selectively sharpened the bird only, the lighter area around the bird is natural, as is that lower left area. I could certainly try and even those areas out though.

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Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on June 29, 2014 at 4:12 PM

Beautiful image, Gary.
I liked the perch, and the oof tree on the background.
I would only try to remove a kind of circle on the bottom of the image, on the left side of the oof tree.

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