Savannah Sparrow

Gallery: AvianPosted May 8, 2016108 views17 comments

In the center of our newer subdivision in the city of Saskatoon they have left a lot of the native wetlands. This is less than 3 km from my house. The other morning I was out there shortly after sunrise when I found the singing Savannah. The backdrop is a large area of cattails. I was very happy with the soft palette of colors that I achieved.

Nikon D810, 300 2.8, 1.4 tc, 1/1250, f 5.6, ISO 320

Thanks for looking and critiques appreciated.

May

Comments

17 comments

Comment posted by Wayne Jones on May 8, 2016 at 10:01 PM

And happy you should be! In addition to the lovely colors and smooth background, the cattail perch is also ideal, presenting a simple form and flowing diagonal lines. Even the sparrow seems happy to be singing in the golden light in such a beautiful setting!

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on May 8, 2016 at 10:14 PM

May,

This one is very nice. The BG is soft and colorful and the savannah sparrow looks wonderful too. Well worth getting up early to get this one devil

............................Jim

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on May 9, 2016 at 12:06 AM

This is really nice May. The colors are so warm and pleasing. Focus is perfect on the right subjects without any interference from the BG. Well done.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on May 9, 2016 at 5:48 AM

Soooo Sweeet the Light!!!

What a beautiful photograph you created of this fellow singing his heart out May! Love that background and the oof reeds.

Simply Awesome devil

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on May 9, 2016 at 6:33 AM

May,
Wonderful how these relatively "nondescript" birds are actually beautiful, especially when captured as well as this devil

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Comment posted by Ron Pullen on May 9, 2016 at 10:15 AM

Very nice, really like the soft background. Ron

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on May 9, 2016 at 12:18 PM

Excellent, May. A great composition, perch, background and capture. Fine techs. I can practically hear him calling his name: "Sa-sa-sa-vannah."

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Comment posted by David Schoen on May 9, 2016 at 12:33 PM

Very nice. I will be very happy when I can do this.

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Comment posted by David Bogener on May 9, 2016 at 3:56 PM

Outstanding image. I like the light, the calling pose and perch. The background really puts this one over the top.

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on May 9, 2016 at 4:42 PM

Simply a wonderful image May. It seems a little bright on my monitor, could be my eyes. Sweet light and pose, Well done!

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on May 9, 2016 at 6:34 PM

Wonderful shot May, love the composition with the reeds and of course the singing pose, great job! devil

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Comment posted by Raoul Breaux Jr on May 10, 2016 at 8:28 PM

A really lovely presentation May. The open mouth makes this so much more than it would have been if closed. Everything you did here is just right. Well done!

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 10, 2016 at 11:17 PM

I'd be happy with this one too, May. One of my favorite birds and I love the singing pose and bg. I might clone the two oof cattail tops sticking into the bottom of the frame. Lovely image.

devil

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on May 10, 2016 at 11:34 PM

Really nice work May. I especially like the two strands on each side of the cattail, it makes for a very nice comp and if mine, I would definitely keep them in. Good work!

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Comment posted by May Haga on May 11, 2016 at 11:29 AM

Thanks for all the kind words about this image. Regarding the inclusion of the two sprays of foliage at the bottom of the image it is always nice to get differing viewpoints. I decided to include them because I thought it balanced the image.

May

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 20, 2016 at 8:11 PM

Congratulations on the very well deserved EP, May. This is a great image.

devil

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Comment posted by May Haga on May 22, 2016 at 2:39 PM

Thanks Dennis.

May

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