Swamp Sparrow

[Bill Dix]

Last week we ventured to Cape May in hopes of seeing a variety of migrant species. It seemed that almost everything that twitched was either a Yellow-rumped Warbler or a Swamp Sparrow -- easily hundreds of each -- plus just a smattering of other passerines. But not the wealth of diversity we had hoped for. It seems we hit the peak of migration of those two. Anyway, for want of anything more exciting, here's a Swamp Sparrow. (Blur applied to background.)

D500, Sigma 150-600C @ 600mm, ISO 800, 1/2500s @ f/6.3 manual; HH

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Very nice capture, Bill. Love the way he's perched, good head turn, excellent IQ, and great eye detail/clarity.

Geoffrey




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[David Roach]

Perfect pose and environmental surroundings. Love this canvas overall. TFS

[Jack Backs]

Like the pose, composition and background. The head looks a little soft when I enlarge it on my monitor. 1200 pixels on the vertical when posting might help.

[John Mack]

Nice view of this swamp sparrow. Like the pose,perch and the light.

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Nice Image. I like the Head Angle.

Background is ok. I think you can add more sharpening to the head.

TFS

[Bill Dix]

Thank you all. I didn't want to oversharpen, but perhaps a touch more on the head would have been in order.