Clay-colored Sparrow On Milkweed.

[Daniel Cadieux]

One of my favorite sparrows, and here it is trying its best to pass by undetected by blending in on a favored perch.

Canon 7D + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/1000s., f/7.1, ISO 400, natural light, handheld, cropped for composition, usual eye work, toned down a few areas on the leaves. Audio used.

[gail bisson]

I really like this Daniel.
Love the somewhat camouflaged look.
Very unique and different.
Gail

[Bill Dix]

This one's a beauty, Daniel. No nits from me. Someday I'll see one of these sparrows.

[Rachel Hollander]

Daniel - I really like how the sparrow blends in with the natural perch. Nice clean bg. It all works here.

TFS,
Rachel

[Ramon Reyes]

Nice subject, amazing background and top notched perch. Well done Daniel.

Ramon

[Doug Brown]

Interesting perch and nice composition. I know you didn't do it, but the bird and perch look like they're pasted onto the BG for some reason. You seem to be doing very well with bird calls!

[Joseph Przybyla]

Nice image Daniel, thank you for sharing.

[Lorant Voros]

Very nice image design. Perfect balance between the leaves and the bird.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

I know you didn't do it, but the bird and perch look like they're pasted onto the BG for some reason.

That's exactly what I was thinking when I saw this.

Really love the gentle color tones in this shot Daniel.
Very aesthetically pleasing shot.