Song Sparrow

[Geoffrey Montagu]

About two weeks ago while photographing a Grasshopper Sparrow at a local preserve, this little vocalist stayed close and sang up a storm. As I was packing up to leave he became even more curious and flew to a perch for some portraits. I did also think it might have a nest nearby and its curiosity was possibly protective behavior. C&C welcome.

D700, Nikon 500mm + 1.4x tc, 1/500, f 6.3, ISO 1000, ff @ -3.0, Gitzo tripod, Wimberley Gimbal head

Some distracting twigs removed from BG in cs6.



Geoffrey

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image of beautiful Sparrow,Geoffrey.
Love the singing pose, beautiful colors, nice details and Beautiful BG.
I like the claws of one foot around the perch and others are free.
For this pose, I would prefer horizontal composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Thank you Satish. I was considering horizontal originally. I agree it does give him more space.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Nice clean bg, neat perch and a lovely singing pose. The bird is angled just right.
I too am leaning more towards a horizontal comp but would add just a tad more space around. Nice use of fill flash.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Clicked the wrong image. Had done some slight modification in cs6. Here is the correct post.

[Bill Dix]

Very nice singing pose, which is what these guys are constantly doing. I'm somewhat torn, but I believe my preference is for the OP. The horizontal format does show the bird better, perhaps, but I like the BG in the OP.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice singing pose and background.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Good repost and nice bird. The calling pose adds to the image.

[vishaljadhav]

i like the horizontal post makes it look nicer to the eye
Super exposure and the open singing beak makes it interesting
lovely BG and tac sharp

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Thanks Everyone for your comments and suggestions.





Geoffrey