White-troated Sparrow.

[Karl Egressy]

The perch is a branch of a fallen over tree.
Thanks for looking.


Canon 1D MarkIV
Canon 500 f4.0 L IS + 1.4 III TC
Manual Setting
F 8.0
1/500 s
ISO 800
Fill Flash at -2.0

[Lorant Voros]

I like the good detail and the clear BG here. Nice flash work too. I am not sure about the leaf, though it gives the autumn mood. You must have been very close, that the DOF wasn't good enough for the feet. Did you use a blind?

[Randy Stout]

Karl:

Your bird is sharp, nice pose, good BG (I might tone the brightest green streak up towards his rump

The colors of the leaf are perfect, but it is pretty beat up. Does evoke a sense of late fall, but not terribly pretty, which is OK.

Cheers

Randy

[Karl Egressy]

I like the good detail and the clear BG here. Nice flash work too. I am not sure about the leaf, though it gives the autumn mood. You must have been very close, that the DOF wasn't good enough for the feet. Did you use a blind?

Thanks, Lorant.
No I wasn't in a blind. The bird was fairly close. There were three of them coming and going.
We, my wife and I, were feeding Chickadees and Nuthatches from our hand and took shots of less common birds like the one I posted.

[Karl Egressy]

Karl:

Your bird is sharp, nice pose, good BG (I might tone the brightest green streak up towards his rump

The colors of the leaf are perfect, but it is pretty beat up. Does evoke a sense of late fall, but not terribly pretty, which is OK.

Cheers

Randy

Thanks, Randy. I was thinking about the leaf.
It's a dead tree and a dead leaf.
Still it might be better than a bare branch I thought. I might give it a try and clone it out to see how it looks.

[Marina Scarr]

This is a strong image, Karl. You have a great pose and good IQ, lovely BG and the dead leaf works well here.

[John Cooper]

Lovely lighting Karl, sharp, good HA and I love that BG with splashes of green against the warmer tones. The dead leaf (resembling tree bark here) dangling over the perch works very well IMO.

[dankearl]

The comp is really nice Karl, I like the brown leaf a lot.
It looks like Fall is about over.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image of sparrow.Very nice composition.I like the perch with brown leaf.Love the pose,colors and details.

Regards,
Satish.

[David Salem]

Nice and sharp and well exposed. Like the angled pose and the brown leaf. Nice BG too. Well done.

[gail bisson]

This is nice Karl. I like the comp and the leaf as well.
Gail

[Roman Kurywczak]

I too like the leaf.....which surprised me. I think it adds to the overall impact. I originally felt like Randy on the grass? as well.....but could go either way. All in all a very nice image!

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Karl oodles of detail and colour to look at on this fellows head - sharp too. Comp works, and I also like the colours in the BG.

[christopher galeski]

nice image,nice pose and BG,sharp,thanks.

[Robert Holguin]

Wonderful shot.
I really like the pose, great perch especially with the dead leaf, wonderful background, and excellent detail.
Very well done.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

I really like the colors here as well and a nice pose diagonal perch and bg