House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) & REPOST + 2

The techs are;

Body: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikon 600mm f/4DED-IF AF-S II Nikkor

Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern
Exposure Comp: -0.7 EV
Active D-Ligthing: Low
Colour Space: Adobe RGB
AF Mode: AF-C
Drive: Continuous: Frame 18
Sensitivity: ISO 640
White Balance: Cloudy
Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 600mm
Flash: Off

Support:

Tripod: Gitzo G1548 & Levelling Base
Head: Wimberley Gimbal V2

Processed:

Lightroom: RAW File cropped from 4288 x 2848 to 1653 x 2066
Photoshop: 16 Bit TIFF File converted to 8-Bit, Levels, Contrast +10, Resized from 1653 x 2066 to 576 x 720, USM 30%, 0.2, 0.0 (12 Passes), Saved As JPEG in sRGB Colour Space

File Size: 16.5MB
Image Size: 1653 x 2066

Comments & Critique welcome! Thanks for looking!

Hi Everyone,

This is set-up #2! I should have used a teleconverter here, but I was trying for some Collared Doves and Wood Pigeons when this lovely little House Sparrow hopped on the perch. So hence the very large crop of around 72% (28% of Full Frame). Let me know what you think!

Happy shooting,

Hi Paul,

The lighting doesn't look too forgiving, but I like the pose you've captured and good composition. Sharpness and focus on the eye look bang on.

A nice shot Paul , like the comp and Adam has covered my only nit.


Andy...

Nice Shot , I really like close up bird shots. great detail, sharpness is spot on.
nits already covered. do you use auto WB ???



Mark

Nice one of an underrated bird.
I reckon the gamma dropped to darken the whole thing up a bit would help but no big deal.
Cheers
JohnR

now thats a big old spadger! needs some darkening for my tastes as looks a bit 'washed out' but might just be my laptop monitor

Does need the gamma bringing down some but a nice pose, it is just starting to suffer a little from the large crop IMO, (won't mention what looks like a dust bunny to the top just to the left... oops I did )

Paul

I agree with Mark Greens comments its great to see the close up details. The processing details are also so useful to compare results. The techs lose me sometimes and I also struggle to see the different results others see. Could be my uncalibrated monitor.

Barry

Eastbourne / Kansas

a lovely sharp shot Paul and a nice pose. Nits already covered.

Matt

Hello Paul,

Nice picture. At the moment I'm also tring to get a sparrow in front of my lens. These are the only birds (together with some blackbirds) visiting my garden at the moment. I didn't manage to get them as your sparrow. May be next week. If I succeed I'll post the picture.

Nicely done Paul..............agree it needs a small tweak, but a fine pose caught from this cheeky chappie

Alan

Nice pic Paul............ and thank you for posting the very detailed techs.

This type of post is one of the things that makes this a great forum. A readily available subject, a great shot and all the detail on how you got there.

Thank you, regards
Chris

Hi Paul

Nits covered - love the pose and detail!

David

Hi Paul
nice picture and nice pose all nits covered by above posts
Dont ignore the LBJs


Ian

Excellent pose Paul, really nice to see one of these up close. Looks a bit washed out still. E-mail on its way.
Eric

Lovely pose and capture Paul but agree with the others that it appears a bit washed out.

nice picture, everything has been said

Frederic

Nice one Paul and a you have been busy with all that detail.

Major.

Very nice image of a bird we tend to forget about. Really stands out against that lovely dark BG. Agree it could do with a little darkening.

Hi Everyone,

Thank-you for all your comments and suggestions! More than appreciated!


I have reposted this image with some great help from Eric! Cheers! I just hope I got it right!

Told you so !
Thats a lot better Paul ( Mr Inglis ! )
Cheers
JohnR

Ah, Green Cast! In the last repost is this better?

Yep, much better.
Eric