Golden Crowned Sparrow

Gallery: AvianPosted February 12, 2018564 views5 comments

This was taken about a month ago, first sun striking the perch. This particular sparrow has spent the whole winter here in the Pacific Northwest. Unfortunately, it doesn't go to the perch very often but straight to the feeders.

Iso-800, 600 mm, F7 .1, 320th, tripod, fill flash at -.7, EV -1, 90% of full frame, D850, ACR 10, Topaz adjust, TK sharpening action at 35%

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on February 12, 2018 at 8:07 PM

Sweet image, David. Great perch. The ones I have go straight to the feed on the ground, usually mixed up with a bunch of doves and/or Juncos. I like the isolated view of this on and the lighting.

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on February 12, 2018 at 9:50 PM

Simple and beautiful. Love that perch. Larger version is a must see.

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Comment posted by David Bogener on February 13, 2018 at 3:16 PM

Nicely composed image. I like the interesting diagonal perch and the OOF background. Good detail in the sparrow. Perhaps a touch more fill flash?

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on February 14, 2018 at 2:06 PM

Very nice David, a good job with the fill flash and a great perch. devil

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Comment posted by Debapratim Saha on February 15, 2018 at 10:07 AM

Love the way the first light is striking the beautiful perch and the bird,great detail here and an excellent shot David.

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