Song Sparrow

[SimonDuval]

Hi, here is a Song Sparrow that I shot yesterday. The PP was done in Aperture 3, sharpening, levels and lighten the background. I'm not quit satisfied by the JPEG export of my RAW in Aperture. I seem to lose a lot of sharpening. Anyway, tell me what you guys think?
Olympus E-30, 300mm f2.8 + 2x, ISO 800, f9.0, 1/1000, 600mm, jobu head on carbon fiber tripod.
http://www.pbase.com/duvalsimon/image/142546096.jpg

C&C are welcome!

Simon

[dankearl]

Simon, it looks plenty sharp, the light looks a bit harsh, but the BG and perch and comp is very nice.

[jack williamson]

It could use a little more sharpening but looks good as is. Very nice BG and I like the open beak.

Jack

[Robert Holguin]

Very nice shot. I really like the pose with the slight open beak, great background, and very nice comp.
Bird looks pretty sharp to me.
Well done.

[Peter Dexter]

Very nice indeed. Looks a little bright on my monitor. Wonder about underexposing slightly in pp.