Simply a Sparrow

[Dave Goldberg]

Slow day at the park, but there were some opportunities for some common birds. I think this is a Swamp Sparrow, but I always have trouble with sparrow ID.

Edits in DT 4.8

• RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM
• ƒ/7.1
• 500mm
• 1/640s
• ISO 640
• Sat, 02 November 2024 8:57 AM

 

[Jonathan Ashton]

Tonal depths look very good and pleasing pose, the background looks ideal, I may have been tempted to eliminate the vertical branch.

 

[Dave Goldberg]

Tonal depths look very good and pleasing pose, the background looks ideal, I may have been tempted to eliminate the vertical branch.

Thank you, Jon. I tried a version with the branch removed, but I didn’t care for the negative space so I left it intact

I appreciate the feedback.

Dave G.

 

[Ray Rozema]

Very nice Like the pose. Good detail. Wonder about slight crop from the bottom. I find my attention going toward the bottom

 

[Arthur Morris]

• Adobe Photoshop 2024 Macintosh

Surely a Song Sparrow. Get yourself a Sibley. I liked the gold on the right but I did not like the branch or the square crop so I took some liberties with the repost.

with love, artie

 

[Daniel Cadieux]

This looks like a Swamp Sparrow to me - but yes, a Sibley is worth it if you don't have one. I'm not a fan of the square crop here, but I'm ok with the extra branch (go figure!). Looks like you may have lifted the shadow on the branch, underneath the sparrow? Perfect head turn BTW.

 

[Dave Goldberg]

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Surely a Song Sparrow. Get yourself a Sibley. I liked the gold on the right but I did not like the branch or the square crop so I took some liberties with the repost.

with love, artie

Thanks for the RP Artie. It looks good with the closer crop and gold background.

Dan/Ray - its funny, but I think I spend more time deliberating over cropping than anything else. I'm glad at least one person is ok with the branch... As it turns out I hadn't done anything with the shadow under the branch. I made a minor contrast adjustments but didn't see a need to play with shadows and highlights for the image.

Sibley's is on my list for the holidays.

Thanks much, everyone.