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[Juan Carlos Vindas]

A very common but nice sparrow. (Rufous-collared Sparrow)

Canon 30D
Canon 35-350@350mm
ISO 400
1/60sec.
AV
f 6.3
Exp. Comp. +1
Tripod
Natural light
PS

critiques and comments most welcome.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I wish this sparrow were common here since it is so beautiful. I like the soft light, angle, eye contact and BG. The bird itself looks a bit soft on my monitor. Is this due to a relatively large crop or maybe motion blur?

[Aidan Briggs]

Lovely light, BG, and exposure. As Axel mentioned, the face of the bird appears soft. It looks like this was caused by the focus point being below the wing.

[Bruce Enns]

I agree with the above comments...beautiful bird, exposure and BG (comp perhaps a bit too centred?), but the face appears a bit soft.

Cheers!
Bruce

[Stu Bowie]

Sparrow's do make great subjects, although a common bird here. I agree with the above that this is a bit soft. Pity.

[Desmond Chan]

Looks like your common sparrows look better than mine here:)

Softness seems to be an issue as mentioned. I personally would also enhance the colors just a tad.

[Simon Bennett]

Good pose and background.

[David Fletcher]

Classic pose and bg. Feel the softness is in large due to the critical focus being on the rear as the near leg and feathers look crisper than the head.

[Ramon M. Casares]

I love thse little guys, the are so nice.
I would only suggest another round of USM. But other than that, I like it all, Perch, Light, Pose, detail, colors and BG.
Congratulations!

[Fabs Forns]

Very nicely presented, JC, comp is good and so is the detail in the feathers. Another round of sharpening wouldn't hurt.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Very nicely presented, JC, comp is good and so is the detail in the feathers. Another round of sharpening wouldn't hurt.

Thank you all guys for your input, much appreciated.
I have a little hard time when it comes to sharpening. I didn't wanted to put too much of it because I knew that the belly feathers might seen over sharpened, but I didn't pay enough attention to the rest of the body. The focus point is in the face. This is a 85% of original.
What do you think now?