Hi Eric! I've not had the good fortune of getting to photograph a White-Throated Sparrow. This bird is pretty well concealed in the foliage, maybe a little too camouflaged. I'd like to see the bird stand out against its surroundings; a tighter crop would help draw more attention to the bird. As presented, the bird is centered in the frame. I'd move it a little to the left. The eye area is quite dark; I'd try to lighten it a bit. I know your flash didn't fire, but flash would have helped give the eye a little more life.
For educational and critiquing purposes, could you please include complete tech specs on your images. Here, your aperture was f/7.1 and your shutter speed was 1/320.
Hi Eric,
You have a fine bird there, agree with Doug on the techs. The main thing here is that the bird is too small in frame you need to get closer to him, also the habitat is over powering and a tad on the busy side; your subject tends to disappear in the brush...a little bit of fill flash would have helped to bring out the details in the area of the face and eye...if you crop any tighter on this particular image, your going to get noise...its best to get ready for your next composition...try to get him in a much cleaner background...:cool:
Hi Eric - agree with all of the above, I have quite a few small fast birds in my area as well - Haven't got a decent shot of them yet - patience is the key I think. :)
yes lnace patience is key, i had feeders set up for weeks and when they finally came i stalked them for hours trying to get close enough for a decent shot. I didnt get as close as i wished, however.
Difficult bird and as presented all you can do is move a little here/there for clearing merging sticks !! btw if using the flash would try different angles since you might get some wicked reflections !!!
White-throated Sparrow
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