singing Nelson's

[Keith Carver]

Nelson's sharp-tailed sparrow, Weskeag Marsh, South Thomaston, Maine, 7-15-08

1DM3, 500mm, 2.0xTC, ISO800, f/8, USM 130/0.2/0

[Maxis Gamez]

Hi Keith,

Love the open beak and BG. The composition is not ideal as the bird is too centered in the frame.

Did you use flash for this image?

Keep them coming!

[Keith Carver]

Thanks, Maxis. I seemed to have forgotten composition rule #1 - don't center! d'oh!

No flash here, just nice sweet early morning light.

[Keith Carver]

Moved the bird to the left, repost looks better. Thanks again, Maxis.

[Lana Hays]

Keith
I have really wanted one of these guys for a long time. Well done getting him to sing and love the simplicity. The repost as far as composition is much better but it doesn't look as sharp......did you sharpen this version?

[Keith Carver]

Oops, you're right, Lana, I forgot to sharpen the repost. Here is the re-repost with USM 125/0.2/0 applied once, gives a little more pop. Thanks. Gee, I guess I could have done these basics before the first post, huh?

[Lana Hays]

Keith
Ah....much better. If you did it all before you posted, then I might not be needed anymore:)

[Maxis Gamez]

Hi Keith,

Now we are talking :).... Amazing how few clicks can make an image so much better!

Thank you for sharing!

[Stephen Stephen]

Keith thanks for sharing this image of a species that I've never seen. I like the fact that it's singing and the composition of the re-post is much better. Thanks for sharing.

[Gus Cobos]

Nice on the reposts. I like the final crop. Would have been better if the bird were looking at you a little bit of CW rotation...:cool: