Sharp-tailed sparrow

[Rob Lavoie]

Here is a Sharp-tailed sparrow, they are tough to get in the open (at least around here). I used the Canon 500mm and 1.4x handheld



1/250s f/9.0 at 700.0mm iso200

[Linda Robbins]

Love the splits pose and the head turn is great. Nice sharp detail and good light. I only wish the one stem were not crossing in front of the left leg, but I still really like your image. Great capture of a difficult bird.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great find and neat pose. I only wish for more eye contact and the OOF blade of grass Linda mentioned were not there.

[Daniel Cadieux]

My thoughts are the same as Linda's. Focus seems to have been on the back - additional USM on the face would be good. Axel, the bird is looking at the camera...not sure what you mean by more eye contact?

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Very unique pose and I agree obout the OOF stem. Great composition and timing on this one Rob.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Looks better than expected, from the thumbail I wouldn't have thought that this was such a nice shot! Big congratuaitons!