Savannah Sparrow.

[Daniel Cadieux]

It's always fun to ride the country roads and search for good looking and well weathered fence posts for bird photography. Savannah Sparrows make great subjects in those areas too as they are quite common and usually very cooperative.

Canon 7D + 100-400L @400mm, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/400s., f/8, ISO 400 (histogram checked), natural light, car as blind, audio.

[Sachin Saraf]

Beautiful Image Daniel...Love that creamy BG and calling pose exposure looks spot on to me..I liked the perch as well..

[Grace Scalzo]

Another beautiful image, Daniel. Very appealing to view.

[gail bisson]

WOW!
The perch is great, the BG dreamy and the singing pose excellent.
Excellent comp and POV and IQ.
Gail

[Andrew Merwin]

Beautiful Daniel. The fence post is so weathered I would not know it was a fence post except that you told me. Great HA, open mouth, pose, & BG.

[Davidwilliams]

everything works in this shot, like the detail in the mouth

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Amazing pose, bg, perch and comp. The soft light is beautiful too.

Could be my sub-par work monitor, but fine details seem a bit muted.
Did you run NR on the bird, or is it possibly from compression? (this is a ~151 KB image. I'm sure the original has tons of details.)

[dankearl]

That is a fence post?
A nice one for a perch if that is the case.
Nice calling pose and pretty BG color.
What is the BG, by the way?

[Randy Stout]

Daniel:

Fits the theme perfectly, the angled, moss covered post works well, and the tight crop keeps it from overpowering the bird.

Nice colors, exposure, BG. Very well executed.

Cheers

Randy

[rajojomanik]

That is a beauty Daniel. Great BG, pose and that perch.

[Rachel Hollander]

Beautiful Daniel, it all works - perch, singing pose, light and bokeh.

TFS,
Rachel

[Dave Leroy]

Such a lovely photo of a common seasonal sparrow. I really like the pose with all of the tail and both feet visible. A dandy bg and perch.

[Charles Daigle]

Great on all front from here. I will repeat the details comment from Sidharth, the detail seems a tad muted on the body.

Thanks for posting! A great image.

[Ofer Levy]

Excellent image!

[PhilCook]

They just come any better Daniel !

[christopher galeski]

Beautiful image Daniel,its got every thing.well done.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Thanks all! I drove by at least a couple of dozen fence posts before seeing this one and immediately knew this was the one

Sid and Charles, no NR at all anywhere on the image...and yes, the original is tack sharp (although I see this version as sharp, too).
Dan, the BG is a freshly mowed hay field. I love the golden tones it gave, glad you like it too!

[Lorant Voros]

Perfect pose, exposure, BG, colors, composition and subject. Monthly theme image completed for sure. Nice work as always, Daniel.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Dan, you have nailed the calling pose perfectly. Tack sharp, good choice to decide on this fence post, and that BG is so sweeeet.

[Frank Schauf]

Perfect in every way, Daniel.