Fox Sparrow

[Shawn Zierman]

This fox sparrow was photographed in an open woodland area in Northern Minnesota during a previous fall migratory period.
Canon7d, Sigma50/500os, iso800, f8, 1/250, cropped, NR to the bg, USM. Perch is set up. Calls and food used as attractants.
Comments and critiques welcome.
Regards,
Shawn Zierman.

[Raymond Lee]

Beautiful perch shot! Great composition, details, and HA!

[Karl Egressy]

Wow, striking image, Shawn. Excellent pose, and sharpness against complimenting smooth background,. Love the perch too.

[Bill Dix]

Excellent! Wonderful light, pose, perch, details, and good bg to boot. One of my nemesis birds.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Perch and BG are perfect. One fine image.

[gail bisson]

Nice perky pose and I like the diagonal perch with the lichens.
Good IQ and lovely comp.
I always like an image where the feet can be seen so well,
Gail

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Amazing techs and a truly gorgeous sparrow! Love the diagonal, weathered perch and your overall comp.
Great call on the DOF - it has rendered the bird sharp from the tip of the bill to the tip of the tail.
Excellent eye contact and love the catchlight.
Hide used?

[Greg Oakley]

Stunning little bird and super capture. Agree that f/8 was a good move - sharpness and details are fantastic

[Jim Crosswell]

Great image Shawn! I like the sharpness, details, perch, exposure, BG, DOF and composition.

[David Salem]

Beautiful shot of this colorful sparrow and I like the pose and the detail in this Shawn. The perch and the smooth BG look great too along with the nice comp choice. Love the good look at those big feet.
Well captured.

[Ishmeet Sahni]

Great exposure. Love the light on the head and upper part of the body.

[Shawn Zierman]

Thanks of course :) Sidarth, forgot, yes I used a pop up blind for this one.

[Tim King]

Ohh!! this one hurts. Sooooo nice.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image. Very nice pose,beautiful color pallet, BG and composition.

Regards,
Satish.