White-crowned Sparrow

[Tim King]

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Eating the pretty little pink flowers
50D - 300mm f4 L IS + 1.4TCii
ISO400 - f6.3 - 1/500
90% of FF - army crawl

[Shawn Zierman]

I look forward to your creations Mr. T K...you've been posting some gems on Naturescapes! Glad to see an offering here. As far as head shots, this is quite beautiful and unique with the flower/weed salad. Details and sharpness are spot on where they need to be. The diffused cloudy/sun catchlight in the sparrow's eye is excellent.

[Lorant Voros]

Nice close up and indeed sharp where it should be with great IQ. I like the plant in front of the bird. I think it would take some attention away if it was in focus. I think I would have raised the ISO and stop down for more DOF if there was a chance. TFS.

[Daniel Cadieux]

As a fan of bird portraits this one is getting a couple of thumbs up from me. Super nice details on the face. I do agree a bit more dof would have been good for the body area but overall this is very appealing. I even like the food debris on the bill.

[John Cooper]

The head is mega sharp and love the deatil in that eye Tim. The blending warm tones throughout the composition all work beautifully - lovely image!

[Raybel Robles]

Great image. I really like how the flowers in the back helps with the image as showing what the bird is eating. Well done. I do agree a bit of more DOF would had help but is not a deal breaker.

[gail bisson]

Different portrait in a good kind of way!
Agree on a bit more DOF but still nice as is,
Gail

[Tim King]

I have photos of it at f11 and still the shoulder is soft and the BG has more detail/lines. When you're that close to a bird the DOF is very narrow no matter the F-stop. I had to go with a reasonable shutter because their bills are always moving.

[mohammad reza shahab]

very nice portrait.great details and BG.