Another Little Backyard Visitor


Posted by salden on Sun Aug 24, 2003 4:46 pm

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Taken earlier this year, and I do not have the techs for this one. I do not like the OOF leaf in the lower left, but if I cropped it out, this would be way to tight. Also, I wished the head was turned a bit more toward me, but that was not going to happen.

All comments and suggestions welcome.
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by Alan Murphy on Sun Aug 24, 2003 4:58 pm
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Sue,

Welcome to NSN.

I believe that's another bird in the background, not a leaf. Female House Finches?

You handled the sidelighting well here. A little fill flash would have balanced this out a bit more. Good sharp detail and a nice background.

We look forward to more of your posts.

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by salden on Sun Aug 24, 2003 5:04 pm
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You are correct Alan, it is another little bird (House Sparrow). I think my eyes are going or I really do need a new monitor :oops: . I also need a flash unit.

Thank you for your comments.
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by Juli Wilcox on Mon Aug 25, 2003 6:20 pm
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Sue, there's very nice detail here. I would surely keep working this species as in their abundance, they make for good practice. :)
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by salden on Tue Aug 26, 2003 9:58 am
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Juli Wilcox wrote:Sue, there's very nice detail here. I would surely keep working this species as in their abundance, they make for good practice. :)
Thanks Juli

I do practice on these and the male as well. Like you said, they are plentiful and love to pose for me. Since I shoot digital, it makes it nice :). Someone once told me that the subject was not important, how you capture it with your camera is.
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by Greg Downing on Tue Aug 26, 2003 1:38 pm
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All you need is a head turn :) I would suggest setting up a cleaner perch above your feeders, but don't get rid of that great background!
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