April Sparrows - White Throated Sparrow

[Paul Lagasi]

Another recent arrival, a lovely breeding plumage White Throated Sparrow. This image taken at Jack Pine Trail close to my home.

I like the over the shoulder lookback, sharpened, cropped.....cleaned up the background a bit. Colors look good. Thanks for looking


D3s
300mm f4 w 1.7 tc, non-VR
handheld
iso-800
1/1250
f 8
distance 4 m
pattern metering

[Nick Palmieri]

Hey Paul, Nice pose and great BG. I also like the head angle on this one. Very nice. TFS

[Arthur Morris]

Beautiful species and bird and background. F/11 might have sharpened up the tail a bit. Here are my fine point thoughts on the head angle. While the HA here is certainly acceptable absolute perfection on the over-the-shoulder portraits for me is perfectly square to the back of the camera.

[jack williamson]

Exposure, comp., and sharpness are great. Bg is beautiful. There was still a few of these birds here yesterday but I think they left last night as I saw none today.

Jack

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Paul, good pose, and your choice of comp was the only way to go. This angle shows of the various colours nicely, great eye, and just love the BG.

[Morkel Erasmus]

nicely shot, Paul - love the colours on the face that adds some 'pop'...sharp where it matters for my tastes, but f11 would've been good as well :bg3:
I'd try darkening BG just a tad to make the bird stand out even more.

[Craig Kerr]

Lovely image Paul.... Like the head angle showing the beautiful colors... Diagonal perch adds to the image

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Very nice sparrow and look-back pose, I only find the light a bit harsh.