Lapland Longspur

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Photographed in a local field on Saturday morning. While some other birds were feeding, this one seemed to be on guard.



1D3, 500f4, 1.4x, 1/500s, f/11, EC +0.67, ISO 400

[Dan Walker]

Cool bird Axel. Pose, sharpness and exposure are all good. Looks like you have the hotspot for longspurs and buntings.

Dan

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Beautiful image Axel with excellent exposure and detail. Interesting composition and low angle as well as a killer BG. Love it !!!

[Fabs Forns]

My dear Axel, you are killing me with your little birds :) no such luck for me.
Extremely attractive palette, with great detail and perfect head angle.

[Steve Maxson]

Another nice one, Axel. I agree with all the positive comments above. I would only wish for a little more room at the bottom so the dirt isn't touching the frame edge.

[Alfred Forns]

Different and appealing Axel !!! Such a sweet face and excellent detail !!!!

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Great details, super head angle :D and wonderful little subject. No nits. :)

[Arthur Morris]

Ditto all of the above. Good catch by Steve; I missed that one...

It is obvious that you are out of your car for all of these which makes the series that much more amazing. How close is this magical field to your home? How did you learn about it? Are there birders visiting it?

[Geurt Bloem]

Lovely image for me, well done.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Ditto all of the above. Good catch by Steve; I missed that one...

It is obvious that you are out of your car for all of these which makes the series that much more amazing. How close is this magical field to your home? How did you learn about it? Are there birders visiting it?

Thanks, Artie. I heard about the field on the PA list of birdingonthe.net and it takes only 10 minutes to get there and occasionally there are some birders, too. Most of the time I'm on my own there. First I watched where the birds tend to eat, then I took a blanket, sat down in this area and waited until the birds got comfortable and sometimes they get as close as 15-20 feet...as long as I don't move. Sitting and lying on ice is not so much fun, though. :)