American Tree Sparrow

[Jim Crosswell]

This was taken earlier this month at a local Nature Center. All C&Cs are welcome and appreciated.

Canon 1D Mark IV
500L f4
ISO 1000
f9
1/250s
Tripod

[Randy Stout]

Jim:

Sharp, well exposed, nice fill off the snow. Like the hints of brown in the BG to play off of the birds coloring.

Maybe tone down the snow on the left end of the perch he is on, to let a little more detail show.

Cheers

Randy

[Nick Palmieri]

Nice job on this little guy. Looks sharp and well exposed. Crop looks good.

[Gary Esman]

Really like this shot Jim. Living in Michigan my whole can appreciate it. Maybe just my glasses but I would sharpen a tad more. Otherwise very nice.

Gary.

[Marina Scarr]

Lovely capture, Jim. What terrific details, sharpness, angle and exposure. Love the snow.

[Melissa Groo]

Super job, Jim. I just love how the snow reflects back all that light so that the detail is so illuminated. Gorgeous portrait of this Tree Sparrow.

[Rachel Hollander]

Jim - simply beautiful with great details. Well done.

TFS,
Rachel

[Rhys Marsh]

I'm also a fan of the hints of color in the background, and how the perch essentially fades to white. Great IQ. Since the rest of the bird is in such sharp focus, I wonder about DOF on tail? But I like as is as well.

[dankearl]

About as nice as a sparrow photo gets.
Well seen and well done.

[gary ellwein]

Great detail and pose with clean bg. Consider toning down the snow perch as suggested by Randy.

[Robert Holguin]

Terrific shot!!
I really like the shooting angle, great pose, excellent feather detail, and great comp.
Very well done.

[Shawn Zierman]

Awesome image. I don't really have anything to add that has not been said.
To me, the snow looks excellent.

[Satish Ranadive]

Absolutely superb image.Nice colors,details and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[PhilCook]

Very nice especially with the purity of the snow as a backdrop, the plumage shows nice detail and yet retains a rather nice softness that fits in well with the pure snow theme.

[Mike Veltri]

Nice one Jim!

[Wynand van Wyk]

Exposure on this is so well handled! Love the detail and overall impact of the image! Superbly done.