Chipping Sparrow

[Bill Dix]

I always enjoy seeing these little sparrows return to my feeders in the Spring. This year they arrived almost three weeks earlier than last year, after wintering in warmer climes. This image is from last Spring. I had set up a nice flowering dogwood branch for him, but he chose the less photogenic perch for this portrait. I also got some images of him on the dogwood, but I still like the bird in this one.

D7000, 80-400 @370, ISO 640, 1/2000s @ f/7.1, +0.3 EV

[gail bisson]

Really nice image of the sparrow. Lovely body pose and HA. I wish he was on a nicer perch. BG green really sets this guy off very well.
Gail

[Daniel Cadieux]

I heard my first Chiiping Sparrow of the year today, glad to see this image to celebrate that! Very sharp and nice pose. Harsh light and a bit big in the frame for me, and don't know what's going on on the perch beneath the bird (lots of smoothing out). Looking forward to this year's sparrow images too!

[Clemens Vanderwerf]

Nice sparrow Bill, good exp, pose and bkgd. Agree with Daniel on the size. The dark shadow area underneath the bird bothers me a little.

[Richard Stern]

Looks OK in the frame for me, and I like the contrast between the relatively light bird and the dark bg. Good details and feathering on the sparrow. I like the way the dark branch beolw the bird continues the line of the bird, but I find it a bit too dark.

Richard

[RakeshDhareshwar]

+1 with Daniel . But lovely sharp bird and nice light !!

[Bill Dix]

Thanks for the comments. Yes, the light was harsh, and the perch rather nondescript. I can't remember what I did to this in PP a year ago, but given the light I probably ran some s/h on the perch which gave it the strange look in the shadowed area.

[Robert Holguin]

Very nice shot. Great pose, excellent detail, , great background, and the perch is not that bad.
Well done.

[Frank Schauf]

Excellent pose and details.