Fox Sparrow

[Luis Villablanca]

On the last day of my trip to Alaska I spotted this little guy. It was relatively late (around 10pm) and it was still singing
in a willow together with other birds (do the birds ever sleep around there?). With the help of audio I managed to get it closer for a few shots.
BTW, I find this bird's song pretty cool. Check it out if you have it available.

This is approx a 65% crop of FF. I removed a few branch tips, darkened a couple of faint OOF twigs and repaired part of the perch
which was being a bit obstructed.

C&C are very welcome.

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Fox Sparrow (Red form) - Passerella Iliaca
Canon 7D, 500/4 + 1.4x TC, 1/1250s, f/8, ISO 800

Thanks for looking,
--
Luis

[Herb Houghton]

Nice comp and sweet BGD. The body does lack some detail. The right part of perch seems to have better detail than the bird.

[Craig Kerr]

Excellent colors and detail... like the unusual perch and that smooth back ground.. Nice one Luis

[jack williamson]

Good looking little bird Luis. The bkgr is great and all of the colors go well together. Nice light.

Jack

[Arthur Morris]

Sharpest focus does seem a bit on this side of the bird.... Bummer that the tail lines up with the perch. Good head angle, BKGR, and EXP.

[Michael Lotito]

Great background and subject! The bird looks sharp to my eye. I might have gone with a vertical crop if it was mine. :S3:

[Luis Villablanca]

Thanks all for the comments.
The sharpest focus was on the face, but it quickly falls off and the rump and tail are OOF.
I wish the bird had given me a profile view with this BG, maybe next time... :S3: