White-throated Sparrow

[Jim Neely]

White-crowned Sparrow
South Llano River State Park, Texas


This guy was taking a bath and enjoying it. At least he was out of the harsh light of the moment.

40D, 500.4L + 1.4X TC II, ISO 400, 1/100 @ f/7.1

jn

Thanks for the correction

[Richard Stern]

I'll leave critiques of the image to others more expert than I, but actually, it's not a White-throated Sparrow, but a White-crowned (and the eastern- nominate-race with dark lores). I like the image anyway.

Richard

[Doug Brown]

It is a white-crowned sparrow Jim. I like the exposure and the nice clear water. From a focus standpoint, it looks like the side of the bird is the area of sharpest focus. It could also be that there is motion blur in the head due to the fact that the bird was taking a bath. A little more shutter speed would have helped here. A higher ISO, larger aperture, or both would have enabled you to use a faster shutter speed and stop the action better. Thanks for posting!

[Freddy Franzella]

A well done image Jim! some nice detail here!

[Jim Neely]

Oops. Thanks for correcting my typing screw up. I knew it was white-crowned, but typed white-throated.

jn