Grasshopper Sparrow

[Ilija Dukovski]

I took this one today in Lancaster MA.
Cropped quite a bit, and an insect removed in lower right of the bird.
Nikon Z7, 200-500mm+TC1.4 @ 700mm, ISO640 f/8 1/1250s
Hand held.

Let me know what you think.

Thanks,
Ilija

[Jonathan Ashton]

A pleasing shot, there is great contrast between the subject and background..... perhaps lighten the background a little?

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Ilja ... very nice overall image .
I do like the tones , colors and light .The calling pose is looking good , glad the bird subject gave you that head turn .
If this was mine I would run some NR to the BG .

TFS Andreas

[John Mack]

Really dig the perch on this one. Nice framing and pose on the bird. I like the dark background as well.

[Wayne Niz]

Lovely perch and bird, well done

[Daniel Cadieux]

I love these guys! Super image design. The BG does indeed need some NR...do that and you'll have a winner as far as sparrow images go!

[Ilija Dukovski]

Thank you Jonathan. Yeah, I was thinking about the BG, it is a pine trees forest. Will try.

[Ilija Dukovski]

Thank you!

[Ilija Dukovski]

Thank you. Yes, the Z7 has quite a bit of noise. I was surprised by it. Thanks for the suggestion.

[Ilija Dukovski]

Thank you.

[Ilija Dukovski]

Thanks.

[Ilija Dukovski]

I love these guys! Super image design. The BG does indeed need some NR...do that and you'll have a winner as far as sparrow images go!
Thank you Daniel. I am surprised how much noise Z7 gives. Thanks for the suggestion, will do it.

[Kurt Bowman]

I also like the singing pose and nice comp. Agree on needing NR.

[Brian Sump]

Ilija, beautiful image design. Many great comments above and I will reaffirm some noise reduction.

For some, there will be debate as to whether the head angle is away from the lens slightly or not. It's really close, but regardless The dark background and stellar perch make this one for me.

Well done!