Sparrow

[Jim Crosswell]

This was taken last week at Point Pelee NP. I believe it is a Swamp Sparrow. All C&Cs are welcome and appreciated.

Canon 1D MK IV
500L f4
1.4 Extender
ISO 1000
f8
1/1250s
Tripod
Manual Mode

[Randy Stout]

Jim;

I like the singing pose, perching pose, catchlight. Nice bg.

I might experiment with the large reed removed, or toned down. It rather acts as a visual stop for me. Nice as is, worth a peek at a tweak.

Cheers

Randy

[Jim Crosswell]

Jim;

I like the singing pose, perching pose, catchlight. Nice bg.

I might experiment with the large reed removed, or toned down. It rather acts as a visual stop for me. Nice as is, worth a peek at a tweak.

Cheers

Randy

Thanks Randy. Here is a version with the reed removed.

[jack williamson]

I really like the second post. The little bird is awesome in it's energetic pose and the bg is really nice.

Jack

[Diane Miller]

The second is wonderful! Really shows the size of this little guy, who probably thinks he's HUGE.

Nice shooting and great processing.

[David Salem]

Jim, looked at this briefly an hour ago on my Ipad and thought the same thing, remove the branch on the left. Looking at it on my computer I can see that the sparrow looks great with a nice calling pose, crest up and a great perch. Like the vertical comp too. Nice!!

[MohsenVahedipour]

Excellent second post. Like the perch & singing pose.

[Bonnie Block]

Really like the second post. Nice light and excellent bg for this little guy.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Awesome pose, the second post is even better, though i didn't mind the first one! Well done!

[Greg Oakley]

Lovely image - great pose and perch, plus the light is sensational,
Cheers, Greg

[Shawn Zierman]

Love the size of the subject in the frame. The well lit swamp sparrow, singing, crest erect....really nice Jim.
Great job with processing, and I do prefer the repost. I miss the bird's tail, but that's minor here.

[Andre Pretorius]

Love comp and colours.He has some attitude!

[Jonathan Ashton]

I am not looking the previous comments but as soon as I saw your original post I guessed someone would suggest remove the stem. I like both versions but the first one looks more credible to me. Lovely details ad exposure and to see him calling makes all the difference.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image of sparrow with nice pose and wonderful color scheme.Love the repost.
Composition is superb too.

Regards,
Satish.

[Randy Stout]

Jim:

I do prefer the repost over the original, but still could see a version with the left reed present but softened considerably. The fun of digital photography, you can learn a lot about composition by playing with the elements in the frame.

Cheers

Randy

[Karl Egressy]

Excellent image, Jim. Love the singing pose and perch.
I'm going back for the sake of this bird, the Marsh Wren and a possible Black Tern in flight next week.

[Robert Holguin]

This is a wonderful shot.
Excellent pose and perch.
The repost to me is much better.
Well done.

[Jim Crosswell]

Thanks everyone for the kind comments and suggestions.