Golden-crowned Sparrow

Gallery: AvianPosted February 14, 2014100 views3 comments

This is a skulker in the underbrush. It always makes me want to be anthropomorphic because it always looks unhappy and even it's call is plaintive and unassertive compared to it's relative the White-crowned Sparrow. This one was bolder than most and popped up onto a branch in the area of my ground feeder for a few seconds last Sunday.

1Div, 500mm f4 ISL + 1.4TC, Black Widow head mounted to blind, f5.6, 1/320th, iso 800 Av mode with +2/3 stop compensation. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Cropped to 10.5MP. Taken February 9th at 9:56 am under cloudy skies.

Your comments and criticisms are always appreciated.

Thanks for looking,

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on February 15, 2014 at 9:27 AM

We don't have this variety here, so I can't compare the behavior. The head is nice and sharp with nice details. I like the wispy white bg with hints of pine needles. Sharon

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on February 15, 2014 at 11:37 AM

Nice to have it out in the open Dennis, and a pleasant shot with a nice OOF background ! Like it ! Hans

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on February 15, 2014 at 4:50 PM

Lovely little bird with sharp details and a nice winter setting. A pinch more room on the bottom would have been nice

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