Black-throated Sparrow

Gallery: AvianPosted March 7, 201694 views4 comments

This one is from about a year ago at Falcon State Park in Texas. It was quite a common bird there, but I liked it.

7D2, 500mm f/4 ISL + 1.4TC, Jobu gimbal on RRS legs, f/5.6, 1/1600, iso 800, aperture priority, center-weighted average metering. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Cropped from the left to a 4x5 format. Taken at 12:54 PM under cloudy skies.

Comments and criticisms are welcome and appreciated.

Thanks,

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on March 7, 2016 at 12:27 PM

Excellent as posted. Nice pose; good setting.

Lots of these here in AZ, and I love the clean look of the plumage on these sparrows.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on March 7, 2016 at 2:07 PM

Looks like a nice species indeed, abundant or not. Setting shows a nice part if the habitat and the bird is positioned nicely ! Cheers, Hans

Registered on August 31, 2011, 491 Posts, 3807 Comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on March 7, 2016 at 4:36 PM

A nice open look in good habitat Dennis, if it were mine I would crop a bit more from the left and the top. devil

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Comment posted by John Robinson on March 8, 2016 at 8:58 PM

Great looking bird, positiopned perfectly and I just love habit shots. They don't always come off but this one has.
Can't decide about a bit off the top. Maybe not - would loose some of the nice habitat !!
JohnR

Registered on March 2, 2008, 535 Posts, 2453 Comments