Savannah Sparrow

Gallery: AvianPosted August 7, 2014103 views5 comments

Another from the morning of July 26th with sun filtered through fog and a foggy bg. I used a levels adjustment on this one bringing the sliders most of the way in to the ends of the histogram, which really reduced the fog effect, but I'm afraid I might have gone a bit too far and lost the mood. I'd be interested in opinions on that subject.

1Div, 500mm f4 ISL + 2.0TC, Jobu Gimbal on RRS legs, f8, 1/500, iso 640 -1/3 stop compensation, pattern metering, aperture priority. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Cropped to 7.4MP of the original 16. Taken at 6:58 am.

Comments and criticisms are appreciated.

Thanks,

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on August 7, 2014 at 11:24 PM

Nice pose and background, Dennis. Very good composition, and I like the perch. It looks like the bird's head was a bit wet, which is to be expected under the conditions you describe. The eye is just a little soft, esp. in the larger image, which seems odd to me at f8. Despite the Levels adjustments you describe, I don't think the photo is flat. Very nice.

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Comment posted by Josiah Launstein on August 8, 2014 at 3:41 PM

Whoa - I like all the details in the sparrow's feathers and how you caught its feet positioned like this. We have these sparrows around our house, too, but I haven't gotten any good pictures of them yet. I like how it is perched and the plain background isreally cool.

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on August 8, 2014 at 5:03 PM

Dennis, super clean background and good detail in the bird. Great composition too. I really like the relaxed pose with the right leg just resting on the Leaf stem. Great light too.

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on August 8, 2014 at 10:15 PM

Hi Dennis,

This is a very pale savannah sparrow compared to the ones that I have in the Midwest. Pose and composition work well. I believe that you captured the mood OK.........................Jim

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on August 10, 2014 at 6:21 AM

Nice pose and clean image Dennis. Good work

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