Swamp Sparrow.

[Karl Egressy]

The image is a couple years old but has never been processed up until now.
Thanks for looking.

Canon 1D M4
Canon 500 f4.0 L IS +1.4x
ISO 400
1/1000 s
f 7.1

[Marina Scarr]

Lovely bird, pose, perch and BG. Wish the perch had some of the stalk or were cropped a tad from the bottom.

[Ian Wilson]

It looks like it has matured with age! Nice work Karl. I am with Marina re composition but still a very nice frame as is. Cheers, Ian

[Binu John]

Excellent shot! I like the vertical crop, pose and background! Agree with Marina's suggestion about cropping a bit more from the bottom.

[christopher galeski]

nice image Karl,nice calling pose,nice BG and good detail,agree with other's,ie.crop.

[keith mitchell]

Karl it looks pretty good from where I'm sitting, bird looks nice and sharp with a lovely singing pose, very nice image.

Cheers Keith.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Karl, lovely singing pose in good light, and I like the high placement. I agree, seeing some of the stalk at the bottom wont harm the image.

[Alan Murphy]

Excellent image for this species. Wish it was mine.

[David Salem]

Nice Image Karl. I like the detail and the perch. I agree also about the crop. Well done.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Love this species of sparrow (of course, I say this of every sparrow species!). I like the perch and singing pose, good BG too. I agree with Marina...cropping to just above your signature would work well IMO for a better "anchoring" of the perch.

[Karl Egressy]

Thank you for all the comments and suggestions.
I chose to add a little stem at the bottom.

[Daniel Cadieux]

A subtle tweak that made a big difference!

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful portrait, great details and sharpness.