White Crowned Sparrow

Gallery: AvianPosted July 23, 2010183 views12 comments

For some reason this species has been difficult to get this year. I still haven't managed a good singing pose and it's probably too late for that. However, I liked this one.

7D, 500mm f4, + 1.4TC, Black Widow on Gitzo legs, f8, 1/1000, iso 500, Av mode with -2/3 compensation. Taken 7:35pm on July 16th. Subject distance 10.1m. Cropped to 45% of the original and an oof twig removed.

Your comments and criticisms are always appreciated.

Thanks for looking,

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on July 24, 2010 at 12:10 AM

Nice capture, sweet light and good techs, Dennis. Good exposure in the difficult whites and blacks in the crown.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on July 24, 2010 at 12:13 AM

Sweet lighting and a nice perch on this one Dennis, I know you've been working on these guys, so congrats!

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Comment posted by Derrick Lipinski on July 24, 2010 at 12:56 AM

Awesome detail, great background and pose, Dennis. A very nice capture. Congrats that you could add this to your collection.

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Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on July 24, 2010 at 2:58 AM

Great capture, Dennis. Perfet exposure, good perch, nice detail, right BG !

Mauro

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Comment posted by Darren McKenna on July 24, 2010 at 5:46 AM

Wonderful light and a very good BG, I'm not crazy about the perch but the lichen does add to it. A real beauty Dennis.

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Registered on October 28, 2008, 31 Posts, 214 Comments

Comment posted by John Kerr on July 24, 2010 at 6:53 AM

Your song bird always catch my eye Dennis as I do a quick glance through all the thumbnail photos. The sharpness and detail is great as always and very nice lighting on the bird to make it stand out against the BG.

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Comment posted by Craig Strand on July 24, 2010 at 6:53 AM

All viewer's of your White Crowned, should go to the "Larger Photo" so they can fully appreciate just how wonderful this capture is. Dennis, I love the comp. his pose and perch and your DOF choice. Not an easy subject to capture and display well, this one has everything to put it over the top, congratulations!

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on July 24, 2010 at 7:45 AM

Great pose and light Dennis. Your dof worked very well and the exposure looks very good to me. Love the beautiful details you captured

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on July 24, 2010 at 11:46 AM

Very nice exposure Dennis and I like the perky, tail up pose. The perch is fine by me and I also like the clean background that has some color gradations.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on July 24, 2010 at 11:47 AM

Setting, pose and light don't get much better than this Dennis! Top notch WC Sparrow photo. Not every bird photo has to be in a singing pose.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on July 26, 2010 at 6:43 PM

I like the composition to this and it looks like the bird was right in the spotlight and posing for you, well done.

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on July 27, 2010 at 5:40 AM

I like the perky pose Dennis.

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