I am a w.c. sparrow and have alighted among the verdant pines!

[Jack Breakfast]

Folks, hello.
This picture was taken with the Canon 7D and 70-300L at 300mm. iso800, 1/250, f5.6. This is approximately 80% of the original capture. I'd love to hear your opinions and comments and suggestions. My heartfelt thanks for your time and attention!

[Joe Senzatimore]

Real nice exposure and details. Might crop a bit more off the top and tone down the brighter lines in the BG as they are a bit distracting and tend to draw the eye away from the beautiful subject.

[Karl Egressy]

He is a real cutie. love the pose and detail, Jack.

[Jack Breakfast]

Thanks, folks. Joe: you make a good point. I think I'll do that. I like that we see just a little bit of his foot; would love to have seen more and also some tail, but with this bird perched before me I took all I could get, that's for sure. It was a wonderful few moments spent...in my experience white-crowned sparrows are a little on the skittish side, but this fellow was more than co-operative...

[Rachel Hollander]

I agree. Very nice pose, exp and details.

TFS,
Rachel

[Jack Breakfast]

I've spent a few moments on a quick and easy repost? I do appreciate the comments above. I took a little off the top and right and did a little bit of burning-in. Although, as I spend more time looking at this, I think it might make for a pleasant vertically-oriented picture?

[Randy Stout]

Jack:

This is very sweet, soft feel, almost as if we are inside the tree. Repost an improvement.

Well done.

Cheers

Randy

[dankearl]

Very attractive photo with a painterly feel, well done

[Richard Unsworth]

A really nice composition and subject Jack, enjoy your personable postings and btw your pics are getting better and better!

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Jack, super pose amongst the soft foliage BG. Excellent sharp detail on the head too. I feel your placement in your OP is fine, I would just take some off the top.

[Bill Dix]

Nice and sharp on the head; good piney environmental feeling. I agree seeing a little more of the tail would have put it over the top, but a fine image as (re) posted.

[Jack Breakfast]

Many thanks for the more-than-kind comments from you folks. I appreciate your words and ideas more than you know!