Savannah Sparrow

[Mike Veltri]

A recent photo taken while persuing other grassland birds.
http://www.pbase.com/mikeveltri/image/114247005.jpg
Canon 1D MarkIII
Canon 500mm F/4 IS
Canon 1.4x II
1/2500s
F/6.3
Fill Flash -1 1/3
Natural Perch (milk weed pods)
Thanks for looking :D
Mike Veltri

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Interesting perch, good eye contact, details and BG. I might give it a little bit more room at the top and desaturate the greens a few points. A little bit head turn towards you would have been nice but I like it as is.

[Harold Davis]

agree with axel about the room up top. looks fantastic with that gnarly perch. bird looks almost 3D.

[Jasper Doest]

I like the size of the perch a lot as it gives you a sens of scale! I agree with Axel about his compositional suggestion. Do they use this pech a lot? If so, you might want to go back with some warmer light. Great use of fill-flash btw!

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Nice image. Composition wise I would crop slightly from left and would add a bit of to the top.
Perch looks lovely. :)

Szimi

[DanWalters]

Love the comp and the sharpness of the bird and perch. Nice clean background as well.

[Danny Laredo]

Nice looking perch and composition. All in all a nice image.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Loved the perch and BG, nice light and colors, great contrast between subject/perch and BG. Great detail, and loose comp. Congratulations!