White-crowned Sparrow Stand-off.

[Daniel Cadieux]

My favorite sparrow species, and this one is really showing of its way-cool striped crown! Either that, or it's daring anyone to go past this point, ha! A seed offering was placed directly below the frame to encourage subjects onto the perch(es).

Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure , evaluative metering, 1/500s., f/7.1, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, about 85% FF, toned down shiny middle-part of the perch via burn tool.

[David Roach]

Killer BG and pose are awesome. This is one where centered (and perhaps vertical) would also work well. TFS

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Beautiful colors, Cool pose.

TFS

[gail bisson]

I love this pose and the great view of the white crown. Perfect for a textbook image!
IQ is excellent, BG lovely and I like the slightly off center crop. Would also look great as a vertical if you have enough pixels.
A perfectly centered head position ( ie. head cocked a bit more to our right) would have been wonderful but still excellent as is!
Gail

[Brian Sump]

Daniel, very cool pose and perch. Head and eye tack sharp.

Pretty solid for ISO 8700 ;-) Guess 800? Maybe if you were to reach higher another stop of dof would help get that other foot and perch fully IF.

As is though, a fun frame and agree with Gail that a more direct stare or more offset could only help.

TFS.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Daniel, very cool pose and perch. Head and eye tack sharp.

Pretty solid for ISO 8700 ;-) Guess 800? Maybe if you were to reach higher another stop of dof would help get that other foot and perch fully IF.

As is though, a fun frame and agree with Gail that a more direct stare or more offset could only help.

TFS.

ISO 800 it is indeed. Typo fixed :-)

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Great capture, Daniel. Like the way he's perched, and I kinda like the slight stare past you. Wonderful detail.


Geoffrey




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[Arthur Morris]

Simply and simply put a big smile on my face. with love, a

[Randy Stout]

Daniel;

Even the thumbnail made me smile. Fun pose. I agree about trying a vertical, to really play up the perch and pose.

Cheer

Randy