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American Tree Sparrow
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American Tree Sparrow

by Robert Domm

Gallery: AvianPosted January 6, 2010184 views16 comments
Photographed from a blind located by one of my bird feeders using a Nikon D300 with 300mm f4 lens

Comments

16 comments
Comment posted by Luke Ormand on January 6, 2010 at 10:10 PM
Wonderful composition and it's amazing how small this bird is compared to those expired berries.

- Luke
Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments
Comment posted by Derrick Lipinski on January 6, 2010 at 10:29 PM
Nicely capture; nicely composed, Robert. :smile:
Registered on October 5, 2007, 58 Posts, 2039 Comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 6, 2010 at 10:33 PM
The image seems nice and crisp, Robert, and I like the berries and the bg. In terms of composition, I think I'd like the bird a bi more to the right-he's feeling a little crowded around the tail to me. :toast:
Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments
Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on January 6, 2010 at 10:39 PM
This is so pretty...I like the berries and the colors. The breast seems a little hot or lacking detail...maybe bringing down the whites there would help a little. This is still a very pleasing photo to view. Sharon
Registered on November 1, 2003, 392 Posts, 4810 Comments
Comment posted by Ant on January 7, 2010 at 2:55 AM
Beautifully warm tones, and very pleasant composition! For my personal taste, I would perhaps liked a slightly larger FOV...
Registered on April 13, 2009, 27 Posts, 474 Comments
Comment posted by Mia McPherson on January 7, 2010 at 7:38 AM
A sweet image as posted. Love the berries and the bird's pose. The breast does seem to be lacking some detail though if this was shot in raw you may be able to recover some of the detail. Compositionally I would like to see a little more space on the left because it does feel tight on the bird's tail there.
Registered on June 25, 2007, 491 Posts, 12566 Comments
Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on January 7, 2010 at 8:08 AM
I like this Robert. The bird, BG, and perch are great. I agree with the others about adding a bit of space behind the bird and that you might try and darken up the birds breast just a bit to recover some of the detail there. Overall, very nice image.
Registered on December 6, 2008, 360 Posts, 7132 Comments
Comment posted by Ron Dudley on January 7, 2010 at 8:14 AM
Love the setting and overall colors Robert. I agree with the comp and detail suggestions.
Registered on March 30, 2007, 437 Posts, 10915 Comments
Comment posted by Jim Hackley on January 7, 2010 at 11:13 AM
I really like the comp, the detail and colors in this image, well done.
Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments
Comment posted by Ed Dubois on January 7, 2010 at 1:16 PM
Very nice Robert. This composition works really well IMO.
Registered on February 22, 2005, 129 Posts, 4739 Comments
Comment posted by Ravee Wattanatanak on January 7, 2010 at 4:25 PM
Ver cute little bird.
Registered on December 12, 2008, 105 Posts, 786 Comments
Comment posted by Nate Chappell on January 7, 2010 at 4:37 PM
Beautiful shot Robert, I really like the perch and bg. :toast:
Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments
Comment posted by Joel DeYoung on January 7, 2010 at 6:59 PM
A nice looking little bird on an interesting perch. I like it as is.
I do agree with others that the breast looks a little too hot. Well done. :toast:
Registered on July 12, 2009, 92 Posts, 1074 Comments
Comment posted by Richard Ditch on January 7, 2010 at 9:39 PM
Nice light, color, composition.
Registered on November 1, 2003, 1031 Posts, 12705 Comments
Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on January 8, 2010 at 8:10 PM
Great perch for this image yet I think I would like a crop with the bird a little more to the right.
Registered on June 30, 2009, 300 Posts, 5051 Comments
Comment posted by May Haga on January 9, 2010 at 10:16 AM
Perfect setting for this neat little bird. Really like this composition but it might be interesting to also try a tighter crop, a little more room behind the bird and the branch cropped before the second set of berries. That being said, the more I look at the image as posted the more I like it.
May
Registered on February 22, 2007, 714 Posts, 8470 Comments