White-crowned Sparrow

Gallery: AvianPosted May 16, 201596 views6 comments

I photographed this white-crowned sparrow from an open window. The lighting could have been better and unfortunately, these birds have left for thyeir breeding areas. I cropped for composition and toned down the sharpening for the jpeg which was made from my print-ready tiff file. K5 IIs, 300mm f4 (1/320sec at f5.6, ISO 640) Processing in CS5................................Jim

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on May 16, 2015 at 9:09 AM

Jim:

Very nice image. Simple, but effective. Nice pose, head turn and background. May just a touch of burning on the OOF flower on the left. I don't mind it there but maybe just a touch darker? Nice post

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on May 16, 2015 at 12:36 PM

Great pose, detail, POV & natural color Jim.

I might've removed the OOF color left edge if it was mine, but it really doesn't take away either.

Well done devil

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Comment posted by Neil Rossmiller on May 16, 2015 at 6:43 PM

The bright spot does pull my eye a little further to the left than it probably should. Slightly tighter crop or a little desaturation of the bloom might be enough.

I do like it the way it is though.

Nice work, Jim.

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Comment posted by David Stokely on May 17, 2015 at 8:14 AM

Very nice. I like this. Great feather detail. I often see these around here at this time of year. I never knew that they were on migration and that their breeding grounds were so far north. Thank you for sharing this.

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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on May 17, 2015 at 4:59 PM

Jim,

This is a wonderful shot. Tack sharp and a great background. I wonder how it would look if you were to clone the arching branch that goes from his body to the margin out of the pict. devil