Went out looking for some birds. After shooting at everything from ducks to hawks to eagles and Ring-necked Pheasants, this was the only half decent shot.
Nikon D7000. Nikon 7--200 F2.8 200MM F2.8 ISO 220 1/8000. Cropping and editing in LR.
Hi Justin and welcome aboard. A beautiful subject isolated on a nice perch (for man-made at least). Love the pose and BG but the subject looks a little soft. First thing to look at on soft subjects is your shutter speed and at 1/8000 you have more than enough. So, probably just a large crop that is making it soft. You gotta get close at 200mm to put more pixels on the subject. I love your canvas design... TFS
Hi Justin, a big welcome to BPN. You have captured a good angled pose here, and as John has stated, bringing your subjects closer, or cropping more in pp work show up more details.
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Hi Justin, welcome to BPN!! I am glad you've decided to jump in and post. My favorite sparrow species too, so bonus points for that. I agree it looks soft as posted - did you sharpen additionally for web? Good perch, clean BG, parallel pose looks good. Light angle not your best friend here as it coming from behind/left.