American Tree Sparrow

[Henry Domke]

I just got my new "bird camera", the Canon 1DX. To check it I took it for a walk through the restored prairies at the Prairie Garden Trust this afternoon. In a low-lying wet area I came across a small flock of American Tree Sparrows.
This is a full frame shot of the this small bird.

This brief outing reinforced the impression I got with a loaner 1DX a few weeks ago; the focus seems to snap instantly on the subject. Very useful for bird shots!

Any comments or suggestions about how I could improve would be welcome!

Canon 1DX
600 II+1.4X TC
f/10
1/2,500 sec
ISO 1,600
Auto ISO with manual exposure (firmware 2.0)
Tripod
Processed with Lightroom 5 and Photoshop CC

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Henry,

Congrats on the new camera! Only thing I would consider changing on this one is removing the tiniest of second catchlights.

It looks like it's not a 3:2 crop, so it almost full frame?

Miguel

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Henry, lovely pose, and I like the smallish diagonal perch through the frame. Light looks good, tack sharp where it counts, and the colour in the BG compliments the sparrow nicely.

Congrats on your new toy.

[dankearl]

Congrats Henry and a terrific subject for the new toy!

[Henry Domke]

It looks like it's not a 3:2 crop, so it almost full frame?

Good observation! I crop all my horizontal images to fit an aspect ratio of 30 x 18.5. This one is still full frame because I extended the left side of the canvas using content-aware fill in Photoshop.

[Holger Leyrer]

Congrats on the new camera
Love the pose and the the brown color tones. Like the details and sharpness.

[vishaljadhav]

Lovely IQ , i love the pose and the BG
the details are fantastic along with the exposure
i can see details in that small eye thats really fantastic

[Daniel Cadieux]

Congrats on the new toy Henry! I like the bird's erect posture and slightly raised head feathers. Nice earthy tones throughout. I do wish for a slightly better head angle though (I realize it is parallel to the sensor as is, but a couple degrees more towards us would have been super), but not even a 1DX can help with that after the fact

[David Salem]

I like the pose, feather detail, perch and BG. All looks great. Just got one too. Congrats, you will love it.