pair of White Crown Sparrows

[Monte Brown]

These usually migrate through our area this time of year. Head angle not the best but like the pair together.

Canon 1D Mark IV
Canon 800 f 5.6 IS w 1.4
ISO 2000
Manual mode +1/3 @1/100

[Julie Brown]

Hi Monte. I saw a bunch of these guys up at Lake Erie a couple of weeks ago. I like the pose and your composition, but agree that HA could be better. It looks like there is some noise on the birds and in the BG.

[Tony Whitehead]

Looks like a good perch for a feed. Not much light with 1/100s @ ISO 2000. Bird on the right looks sharp but the left has just dropped out of the DOF. Agree on the noise - is a this a big crop or is it related to the ISO or maybe underexposure with opening up in post?

[Monte Brown]

The image was underexposed by about 1/3 stop, this combined with the low light probably contributed to the extra noise.

Thanks for the comments

Monte
Brown