Field Sparrow on Thistle

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I had some fun with sparrows this morning and even saw a life bird, a Blue Grosbeak, which was not cooperative, though. I like the OOF thistles in this one and am wondering what you think about it.



1D3, 500f4, 1.4x, 1/125s, f/8, EC +0.67, ISO 400

[Kiran Poonacha]

Very beautiful Alex, loved the mood here. the singing pose add well to the frame.

[Indranil Sircar]

Love the background and the singing pose. The open face of the flowers makes it for me. Excellent composition.

[Mital Patel]

dear axel,

I am not expert but i just had a quick thought in my mind for this frame and i made a little change.
Your purpose you wrote for OOF thistles look nice but if this would be in vertical frame i think it would look better.

ran a H&S
Highlights
20% | 30% | 30%

Color Correction +20
Midtone Contrast -20

Then cropped verticle and added a bit canvas clone on extra top

Please dont mind but this attachment is not for cirituqe but to know if i am in correct path or not.

plz discuss

[Danny Laredo]

Lovely bg serves well to set the mood for this sweet image.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Thanks for the repost, Mital! I thought about a vertical crop, too, but wanted to try something different to include more habitat and give it more depth. The colors of your version look a bit too saturated on my monitor.

[Mital Patel]

thanks Axel and yes as per the purpose it gives a good look but then again giving it H&S would give it bit more depth to me.

[Scott Frye]

My eye first goes to the beautiful red flower then the oof background so it really does not work for me as the bird is third point of contact. The colors of the bird are gorgeous

[Dave Phillips]

Hi Axel......my friend! :)
I know this is not appropriate forum for this kind of edit, but I was
playing with a more blurred but recognizable bg and a slightly
less bright/saturated green. Well, the play continued to this.

I kind of like the oval.....sort of.
Please forgive the extensive modification :)

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Thanks, Dave! Cool idea, that would fit perfectly in the OOTB forum.

[Harold Davis]

two things that catch my eye are the highlighted stalks of the thistle and the thistle merging with the bird's tail. the exposure and detail are perfect!! and i love the pose and perch.

[Glenn Bartley]

I really like the setting for this one. Nicely captured.

[Ramon M. Casares]

I LOVE the original post, great comp, light, natural moment, detail, colors and atitude, I would only suggest to tone down the bright OOF plants in the BG.
Congratulations!

[Arthur Morris]

Hey Ax, I like all three versions but prefer the ORIG post. I like the o-of thistles but the sharp red one makes it for me. Good work with the L-BHA.

[Raul Quinones]

Most have been mentioned above... Love the pose and perch, as always great picture.

[Stu Bowie]

Axel, good enviromental image, and I like his perch thistle opened towards you. Lovely soft light, with pastel colours. Well captured.

[James Fuller]

The addition of the extra space makes this image for me.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Very nice image.
I also prefer your version. Love the open bill. and clean BG. The almost perfect alignment of the red blossom on one of the thirds makes this one for me.