Savannah Sparrow

Gallery: AvianPosted March 10, 201698 views7 comments

I had a very good day with a few of these that were bathing in our pond then preening nearby back in early June of last year. I posted a few of them back then, but was going back through the files and I really liked this pose. I was a bit far away, so this is quite a crop.

7D2, 500mm f4 ISL + 1.4TC, Jobu Gimbal on RRS legs, f/6.3, 1/1250, iso 800. Aperture priority, center-weighted average metering, -2/3 EV. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Cropped to 4.8 MP before resizing for web. Taken at 6:58 PM on June 5th, 2015.

Comments and criticisms are welcome and appreciated.

Thanks,

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on March 10, 2016 at 8:20 PM

Love the action pose and the perch! Nice job seeing this

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Comment posted by Jim Hansen on March 10, 2016 at 10:15 PM

Very appealing image Dennis, in every way. Great light, exposure, background. Love the way you depicted the shaking off behavior of the sparrow. Perfect shutter speed. Really nice.

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on March 11, 2016 at 7:24 AM

super pose, Dennis, and a nice comp to go with it. this bird has the look of a juvenile Spizella-type sparrow to me.

Registered on March 21, 2009, 202 Posts, 4187 Comments

Comment posted by May Haga on March 11, 2016 at 10:51 AM

Love the action Dennis. It gave me a nice little chuckle. Nice and sharp and well composed.
May

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on March 11, 2016 at 4:27 PM

Nice bit of action there Dennis. Great colors and the eye contact is appealing.

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on March 11, 2016 at 8:13 PM

Great light and a very captivating pose, Dennis. I like the elements in the image and your composition is pleasing as well. Good choice of shutter speed with the blurred wings and sharp head.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on March 17, 2016 at 11:08 PM

I like the motion in the wings on this one Dennis. Nice work

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