White-crowned Sparrow

[Glenn Bartley]

Yesterday I had the opportunity to spend some time in a friend's backyard photo blind. I set up some interesting perches near his feeders and tried to capture some pleasing images.

The light was pretty flat and overcast - a perfect opportunity to use some flash for fill light. In this case I had 4 flashes positioned on the various perches I had set up. I think 2-3 were a factor in this image.

Hope you enjoy it :)



Camera Model: Canon EOS 40D
Shutter speed: 1/200 sec
Aperture: 5.6
Exposure mode: Av
Flash - 4 flashes off camera for fill @ -2/3
Metering mode: Evaluative
ISO: 320
Lens: EF500mm f/4L IS USM

[Ian Colley]

That certainly is an interesting perch. The fill flash has worked well, could I suggest a little less of the OOF perch.

[Todd Frost]

Beautiful image. The oof moss is distracting to me, a crop at the top of oof area works better for me. Other than that superb.
Todd

[Axel Hildebrandt]

The flash work, details and BG are great. While the perch looks very good, it is a bit dominant and the OOF part is a bit distracting. Maybe a different crop would solve all these issues.

[Alfred Forns]

Gorgeous Glenn The first thing that I noticed was the oof perch Sort of dominating

The bird is stunning in every way Love the balanced flash Very natural Big Congrats !!!!

[Mike Lentz]

Tack sharp and well lit! Nits mentioned.

[Glenn Bartley]

Good call. Maybe an 8x10 crop for this one.

[Fabs Forns]

Vote for the crop. I would still get a bit more off of burn the bottom of the perch a bit. Lovely bird!

[Todd Frost]

The crop is better but my eye still is drawn to the oof moss. As mentioned before "superb" image.
Todd

[Arthur Morris]

Ah, it is looking as if we have the Alan Murphy of the Pacific NW here.... (BTW, that is a high compliment.)

later and love, artie