Grasshopper Sparrow

Gallery: AvianPosted June 16, 2016109 views8 comments

I believe that this is a Grasshopper Sparrow, but I could be wrong. Cute little guy, regardless. Processed using Lightroom 5 and Photoshop CC 2014 along with Light Craft's LightZone. Comments and critiques welcome.

Canon 7D Mark II
Canon 200-400 f4 L IS
f5.6
1/800s
Focal Length 560mm (Teleconverter Engaged)
ISO 160

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8 comments

Comment posted by S Govindarajan on June 16, 2016 at 9:39 PM

Great look at this secretive sparrow, Jerry. The barb wire is adds nice element to the image. It looks you can get some more details in the breast by reduce the exposure/brightness in the image a bit.

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Comment posted by Peter J. Morrissey on June 17, 2016 at 2:44 PM

Hi Jerry
There maybe just one small hot spot under the beak, but the exposure look good to on my mack.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on June 17, 2016 at 3:53 PM

Very nice shot of this little guy Jerry, good clean background. devil

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Comment posted by David Schoen on June 17, 2016 at 4:49 PM

Very nice clean image with a good pose and terrific background.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 17, 2016 at 10:26 PM

Beautiful detail with a really sweet head turn, Jerry.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on June 18, 2016 at 11:46 AM

A very nice capture and a delightful head turn. I like the pose very much.

I spent some time on the ID. I think you are likely right about the species, but the yellow shoulder and the absence of yellow on the breast throws me off. On the other hand, it's hard to see what else it might be.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on June 19, 2016 at 5:35 PM

Like Jim, I'm a bit troubled by the ID on this bird. I don't recall ever seeing that yellow on the wing edge on this species, But I haven't seen many of them so close and exposed. But as Jim says, it is hard to make this into anything else.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on June 20, 2016 at 10:19 PM

One of my favorite Sparrows (they have such attitude for little ones). I like the head turn and clean complimentary BG. I do feel like this image could use a bit more contrast, the color feels a touch flat to me. Still nice work Jerry!

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