White-Crowned Sparrow

[Aidan Briggs]

A White-crowned Sparrow at a simple feeder set-up in my front yard. Taken last weekend in the shade.

50D, 100-400 at 400mm
1/200 sec, f/5.6, ISO 640
Tripod, almost full frame

[Aidan Briggs]

Here is an image of the set-up for anyone who is interested.

[Jeff Dyck]

Beautiful shot Aiden - the pose is excellent, the background looks great and you have a very interesting (albeit large) perch. Well done.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

I was also thinking of the perch size relative to the bird, but the lichen make it much more "acceptable" to me. :) I think overall it's a very pleasing image Aidan! Well done mate, and in YOUR backyard too! Cool! :cool:

[Aidan Briggs]

Thanks guys! I agree the perch is a bit large. The sparrows don't like coming off the ground, let alone onto a thin perch, so I usually choose a thicker perch that they are more likely to land on.

[Craig Brelsford]

I don't have a problem with the thick perch, covered as it is with lichens. I do wish just a bit more of the bird were in sharp focus. Perhaps you'd like to create another shot with the bird more in profile, or perhaps a pose similar to this one but with a narrower aperture. Thank you for this good shot, and thank you for the instructive companion photo showing your setup.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Very nice Aidan. perfect bird angle and placement of the subject in the frame. I do like the perch a lot.

[Jim Crosswell]

Great image Aidan! I like the lichens on the perch and the pose too. I go through a lot of masking tape doing these set-ups.