White-crowned Sparrow.

I spent a satisfying day at Algonquin Park last week. The White-crowned Sparrows, my favorite sparrow species, were particularly numerous, so I set up an impromptu perch with a neat fallen log I found at the side of the road. After a few minutes they were more than happy to grab seeds that I had sprinkled along and just behind the log.

Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/160s., f/5.6, ISO 1600, natural light, handheld, FF, usual eye work, minor perch clean up (a few white specs).

Very nice capture. Appreciate your description of how you achieved it also.

This is really pretty and everything that a passerine shot should be. Beautiful pose, fantastic perch and a perfect background. The perch and the background make the shot 99% of the time. Bird on a stick is OK. Bird on a unique and beautiful perch with a perfect background is many times more difficult. Congrats on a super image. Might just be the screens but on my 5k imac the image looks a touch dark and cold. I would lift the exposure a tiny bit and warm it up just a bit as well. I'd love a shot like this of this species.

Sweet image, Dan. About as perfect as it gets. The background is gorgeous complimenting the colors of the perch and bird. Thank you for sharing.

Perfecto Dan, such a beauty, terrific log too. Love this one.

Very nice. Neat perch and great background. Nice details on the bird as well.

Great sharpness and beautiful background.

Looking good Dan..Lovely looking bird with nice detail.. The perch and BG make for a very pleasing image.

Will

Ditto all the positives above (as expected). The BKGR is loverly. The only thing that bugs me is the spikey brown thing pointing at the bird's breast. I eliminated that with the Patch Tool and a refined Quick Mask. IQ is also superb, as is the log.

with love, artie