Female House Sparrow

Gallery: AvianPosted August 19, 2013100 views5 comments

She remained perched for quite a while and I was able to get fairly close.
Painted over a large black area in the left upper corner and cloned out a couple of small branches in right lower corner.

Canon 7d
100-400 mm @ 350

ISO 100
f 7.1
1/320
-.7EV
Processed in ACR, PS5, Nik Viveza

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Verdon on August 19, 2013 at 12:07 AM

large version is very nice with great sharpness and nice detail , foreground is a bit distracting , other that three thumbs up!

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on August 19, 2013 at 3:07 AM

Allen great detail and sharpness at first I thought it was blood on the beak but am I right in thinking the bird as been eating red fruit?
Keith.

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Comment posted by Allen Brooks on August 19, 2013 at 11:04 AM

Yes, Keith, Salal berries. Photo taken on the Oregon Coast where Salal grows like a weed. Thanks for looking and your comment.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on August 19, 2013 at 5:47 PM

I like it when someone posts a common bird in and exceptionally fine photo. My only nit would be that I'd like to have a little more room on the left for the virtual tail.

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on August 20, 2013 at 12:44 PM

Nice pose and excellent detail! Very nice!

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