Black-Throated Sparrow

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Doug and I had a chance to head out to one of the local trails and we were greeted with a very cooperative BT Sparrow. He went from great perch to better perch, all set up by mother nature. It's like he knew how to position himself and all we had to do was take advantage of the photo opportunities. This is one of many calling poses that I got from today. Hope to head back tomorrow for some more!

Shooting info:
Canon 5D3 | 500 f/4 II + 1.4x III
1/1000" | f/6.3 | ISO 640

[Troy Lim]

Great work Miguel.

[arash_hazeghi]

love the calling pose, BG and especially the perch. well done!

[William Dickson]

Ver nice Miguel, lovely colours. Well done :S3:

[Satish Ranadive]

I did not know that there is such sparrow exist. Spectacular image.Love the calling pose.TFS.

Regards,
Satish.

[shane shacaluga]

You could have called this photo 50 shades of grey!

love it, great pose, great colours and super background. A+ on the perch as well!!

TFS

[Marina Scarr]

The calling pose really adds a lot here, as does the perfect perch and color palette.

[Lorant Voros]

Beautiful how the colors match between the bird/perch/BG. Very nicely done.

[Andrew Robinson]

I really like this Miguel, the colours work beautifully.

Andrew

[Joseph Przybyla]

Really nice Miguel, beautiful little bird.

[Enrique Patino]

what a beautiful subject on an excellent perch. love the pose

[Greg Oakley]

Just beautiful Miguel - I love the muted tones, singing pose and crazy-good perch!

[David Salem]

Beautiful frame of one of my favorite Sparrows. It all came together nicely here and the detail and the perch look great. That new gear has really made a difference in your photography. Nice work.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Beautiful frame of one of my favorite Sparrows. It all came together nicely here and the detail and the perch look great. That new gear has really made a difference in your photography. Nice work.

Thanks david. WHEN you come to ABQ we can take you over to the spots to get some photos of these guys.

While le the new gear has helped (definitely more consistently sharper frames), I'd say Doug probably had a lot to do with the difference in my photography results.

[David Salem]

Miguel,

I was going to mention that fact but I didn't want you to think that it was taking away from your own photography skills.
There is no better way to learn than too associate yourself with a quality photographer like Doug and keep your eyes and ears open.
It's how I've learned everything in my life, hanging out with the people I respect in the field that I'm interested in.
Take care.

[Bill Dix]

Beautiful sparrow that I'd love to see one day. Very nicely captured, with great singing pose, color palette, and excellent perch.

[Holger Leyrer]

Wow, what for a sweet bird. The singing pose is very nice. The unusually perch, too. BG is killer. Excellent in all points

[Frank Schauf]

What a beauty! Love the calling pose.