Song Sparrow Singing for Spring

[Bob Malbon]

Great to hear one this AM at 32 degrees - we have some summer and still some winter birds about. This was at Granite Point in Biddeford Maine. 1dm3, 500 f4 at f7.1, 1/200 +1/3, AV, One Shot - handheld - cropped 50% of frame. - Thanks, Bob



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[Fabs Forns]

Great calling pose, Bob. I Shame on the weed intersecting the perch and in my opinion it could go a little brighter.

[Steve Maxson]

A very nice image of this species, Bob. My eye really wants to do some CW rotation here. This is at least partly an optical illusion due to the slanted grass stem and the tilted background plant. On the other hand, the bird is trying to compensate for the slanted perch by adjusting its legs to make the body more vertical. Yet, the body, as presented, is still not vertical. You might consider some preemptive rotation to keep people like me from going into long-winded critiques like this. :)

[Juan Aragonés]

I subscribe the sugestions by Fabs and Steve. I think that a little more room at the left would help to improve the overall result.