Savannah Sparrow

[Ilija Dukovski]

I find so difficult to get these guys on a natural perch. They sing low in the grass.
Anyhow, here's one on a man made perch. The perch was a bit cleaned up by QM.

Nikon D80 Nikkor 300mm + TC1.4 f/5.6 1/250 AP Matrix +1/3 ISO400

Critique appreciated...

[Ramon M. Casares]

No the ideal perch IMO, but the light, BG, pose and comp are very nice, I would go a bit tighter. Congratulations!

[David Roach]

To add to Ramon's comments, you might want to tone down the perch.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

You can burn the wood with the burn tool in PS. The difference will be very good. Nice bird indeed, love the yellow brow. A little less space around it would be fabulous! :) Thanks for sharing

[Fabs Forns]

Nice head turn and clean BG. Agree on toning down the perch, but the space feels OK to me.

[Stu Bowie]

Great detail on the sparrow Ilija, sharp, and like the colours. Great BG too. Not much we can do where they decide to land, but I would tone the perch down a bit.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like angle and eye contact. Adding to the other suggestions, I would run NR on the BG and lighten the eye a bit.

[Ilija Dukovski]

Thanks everyone,

I tried to create as bright image as possible here, I guess I over did it.
Agree with Fabs and would still leave the space open, but also agree with Axel about NR in BG