White-throated Sparrow

[Allen Sparks]

Trying to decide how many of the BG twigs to take out as sparrows seem to be "in the sticks" kind of birds (for me anyway). I like clean BGs as much as anyone so I am tempted to clean out the upper half of the BG completely. Any suggestions appreciated.

Canon 7D, 400mm f4 DO plus 1.4x TC, f6.3, 1/500s, monopod

[Dan Avelon]

nice pose, BG a bit busy and critical focus is on the wing.

[Daniel Cadieux]

It would be alot of work cleaning up that upper BG, especially with the many twigs merging with the tail. Have you already done some work on it? I see the contour of the bird as softish, as if masking was not refined. Personally I'd leave the BG as is and work on getting this species on a better perch and better BG (think setup). This is one of the easier species to call onto a perch, if you are OK with that type of field use.

Nice alert pose on this guy, and I like the foot curving along the surface of the perch.