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Chipping Sparrow
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Chipping Sparrow

by Jim DeWitt

Gallery: AvianPosted June 6, 20162,010 views2 comments
Canon 1D-X, 500mm f4, handheld
f5.6, 1/640, ISO1250

Early evening light, near McCall, Idaho. 

Cropped to vertical. Selective sharpening of the bird.

C & C, please. Thanks for looking.

Comments

2 comments
Comment posted by David Schoen on June 7, 2016 at 1:52 PM
I like the light you got on this. When I first looked at it on my iPad, I thought it looked as if you had used a flash however now that I can see it on the big screen, the light is very pleasing. This is hard to do. The colors are very nice.
Registered on November 6, 2006, 1213 Posts, 4587 Comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 7, 2016 at 7:24 PM
Lovely light and head turn, Jim.  The dof seems shallower than I would have expected with the head being slightly soft in the larger image and the feet being completely out of focus.  I've been using mostly f/7.1 to f/9 for small birds if I can squeeze out enough shutter speed and front-on like this they take up a surprising amount of depth.

devil
Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments