Immature White-crowned Sparrow

[Dave Leroy]

This was taken a couple weeks ago near Boundary Bay, BC. 50D, 400/5.6 at 5.6, 1/500 and ISO 400. It was cropped for composition. I also cleaned a bit of fluff off the beak. Dave

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the setting, eye contact and BG. If it were mine I would adjust the midtones to about 0.9 and sharpen the bird some more.

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Hi Dave,
This a very pretty image and I agree with Axel's suggestions for making it even stronger.
Best,
Nicki

[Dave Blinder]

Beautiful setting. Looks to be a very large crop, seems to be major loss of detail throughout.

[Dave Leroy]

I have tried Axel's suggestions. I am not sure how much sharper it is, and perhaps even a bit lower on the midtones would have helped even more. Thanks for the comments and suggestions. Dave

[Axel Hildebrandt]

The repost looks better and you could probably make it even darker. As for sharpness, it depends on how sharp the original is and how much it is cropped.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Beautiful young sparrow, and an interesting perch - although I wish it would have climbed up higher onto it. Great clean BG too. The image looks overexposed - the repost brings it closer to par, but could still go darker. I also find there is too much room above and right, if the details can take it some cropping to minimize those vast areas would be good.

[Dave Leroy]

Thanks for the comments Axel and Daniel. It is a decent crop and about as tight as I am comfortable with. Although not over exposed it is certainly to the right, and I am learning to get the contrast and more tones back into the photos. Dave

[Stu Bowie]

Dave, I like the perch settings, and the sparrow certainly has complimentary colours to the overall image.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Although not over exposed it is certainly to the right, and I am learning to get the contrast and more tones back into the photos. Dave

Dave, exposing to the right means to overexpose (without blowing highlights)...that is the point of this technique. It's then a matter of bringing the exposure back down during RAW conversion. Remember: overexposed does not mean "blown" or "hot" :-)

[Harshad Barve]

lovely looking cutie, nice settings ,
TFS

[Dave Leroy]

Thanks for comments everyone It is much appreciated. And thanks Daniel for pointing out the correct terminology and method for correcting over exposure. Dave