Posted by Charles Mills on August 31, 2009 at 2:20 PM
It won't be long before these guys start migrating in for the winter. White-crowneds are a species of overgrown fence-rows and fields. They are among my favorite sparrows. This shot dates back to when I was using Canon equipment. It was taken with a Canon 1DMKII, 500mm f4L IS lens, and 1.4XII teleconverter. Exposure was f8 @ 1/320 sec. ISO 320.
Posted by Daniel Loomis on August 31, 2009 at 7:05 PM
Great pose and detail. A little flash fill might have reduced the shadow on the wings and back due to side lighting, but that is hardly a critique. I would be proud to have this as one of mine.
Posted by Rob Graham on September 1, 2009 at 11:16 PM
great detail and pose, Charles
Posted by Lon Sharp on September 4, 2009 at 1:02 PM
Given the amount of background detail I think this does a beautiful job of "lifting away" from it in a way that works just fine.
Posted by Larry Daniel on September 5, 2009 at 9:58 PM
Very nice Charles. We had some pass through here early in the summer. Never did catch one on a good perch.
Posted by Wayne Rhodus on September 6, 2009 at 9:09 AM
Once again I agree with what Lon mentioned, the sparrow really has nice separation from the bg even considering it's fairly busy. Good work Charles.
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