White-crowned Sparrow

[Nancy Bell]

I photographed this preening sparrow during the early morning as coastal fog was slowly dissipating. I had just a tiny viewing hole in the vegetation. I liked the feeling that this little bird had his early morning routines just like the rest of us!

Canon 1D Mark IV, Canon 400 f4 DO IS, 1/1000, f5.6, exp. comp. +1/3, ISO 400

All c & c most appreciated.

[Mital Patel]

Nancy,

you have captured beautiful morning routine here. good that you were on good side of light and the bird gave you its shy look.
If you have cropped this i might want to see more room on right and chopping about 1 inch from bottom might not hurt to reduce the hefty perch power.

More on editing you can eliminate the ULC green leaves part matching bg.

AIA i loved this frame.

[Melissa Groo]

Really nice shot, Nancy, like the BG, sense of habitat, sweet diffuse light. Great preening pose with eye contact.

[Emily Norman]

An absolutely beautiful image of this sweet little bird. The pose is perfect.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice preening pose on this dishevelled fella. Too bad about the OOF twigs in the FG. I'd keep the leaves in ULC but would crop down from above to 2/3's down the vertical stem jotting up from those OOF leaves.

[Nancy Bell]

Thank you for the comments. I'll play around with the cropping.