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    Brandon Holden
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    The second in my little series, a group of images going against the "field guide" pose, with the bird large in the frame. (not that they're bad, just something new). I'm trying to make the images feel like the viewer is taking a glimpse into the life of these birds, as if there was no interruption from us as humans. I would find these images hard to plan in advance, and tend to just notice them during my sorting process.

    With my last post, I said Michael Brown's macro photography was a possible source that creates my liking for these images. Another source would probably be Robert Bateman's wildlife paintings. While he doesn't live here anymore, Mr. Bateman taught high school in my local area, and used to be a member of my local naturalists club before he gained international success as a painter. His paintings display wildlife in many ways, and a number seem to show this "uninterrupted" view into the lives of birds, that I really enjoy!

    Anyways, below is an American Tree Sparrow. I find trying to make something that is both "different" and "good" can be a challenge, and I would be very interested to hear what people think!


    1D M2n, 600mm.. ISO 320, 1/500 F 5.0... Full frame...

    Happy Shooting!

    Brandon
    Last edited by Brandon Holden; 03-09-2008 at 03:07 PM.

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    Brandon, I like your idea of giving yourself assignments...a great way to learn and to grow as a photographer. I like the DOF. The perch is coming out of my monitor staright at me! A couple of things could improve this though. First, warming up the image would be great as there is a blueish cast as is. Second, the thick bright stripe URC and the smaller one behind the bird could be eliminated and toned down respectively. Thirdly, there is some horizontal banding apparent especially the left half of the image, not sure would could have caused that though? Overall I get a nice feeling of winter woodland tranquility when viewing this - something I'm sure you tried to convey! The falling snow really adds to the "life" of your scene :-)

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    Brandon, I see no blue cast here and feel the tones of this image help the mood. I just love this image. One or two points as above but for me the only this that concerns is the halo effect round the branch in the BG.

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    Judy Lynn Malloch
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    Love this image too and love the wonderful pose, color and detail of this little tree sparrow. I find the composition very appealing and think it would make a wonderful painting. I do think the crop could be a bit smaller and still keep the feeling. thanks for sharing Brandon.

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    Dave Phillips
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    great exercise, I am starting to finally look at the bird "in" its habitat too

    Here is with slight blue removed....I too saw a slight cast as did David
    The banding "may" be a sensor issue....hope not

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