White Crowned Sparrow

Posted by fredcor on Mon Dec 15, 2003 1:43 pm

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This was shot on an extremely foggy day on the Toronto lakeshore. I had to clone out a couple of small twigs and USM 200. A nice specimen that only allowed one shot, thats all I got. Crop is about 40% of original.

Thanks for looking and your comments.

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by Sandy Mossberg on Mon Dec 15, 2003 1:54 pm

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Lat, this is a nice shot. To avoid the high key effect, you could have reduced ambient exposure by 2-3 full stops and used flash as main light, making sure that your flash sync speed was not exceeded. In this situation the flash controls exposure of the subject and the ambient setting controls the background.

It's a technique to practice. It will come in handy over and over again.

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by Rob Palmer on Mon Dec 15, 2003 4:14 pm

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Sandy definitely has it right for this photo. Nice job of getting the bird in focus.

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by RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto on Mon Dec 15, 2003 4:45 pm

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Another chance for me to say that I like high key images. The subject is properly exposed. I don't see why a grey sky would be better than a white sky since the sky is not the subject. Just a matter of taste.

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by E.J. Peiker on Mon Dec 15, 2003 4:55 pm

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I think its well done as is but the technique above, and I would only darken this sky one stop, would work very well with this shot.

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by Ken Newcombe on Mon Dec 15, 2003 5:18 pm

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This is a nice shot Lat, clean BG perch and pose optimum, the high key BG works well sometimes. A bit of flash would help brighten the bird, a bit more USM and saturation also.

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by Alan Murphy on Mon Dec 15, 2003 6:40 pm

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Nice clean image Lat. Needs a little USM.

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by Bill Whala on Mon Dec 15, 2003 6:56 pm

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Nice shot Lat.

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by Carol Clarke on Tue Dec 16, 2003 4:03 am

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This is a beautiful shot Lat! I love the pose and the composition on this one and all it needs is a little more USM to really pop him off the screen!

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by LHays on Tue Dec 16, 2003 5:45 am

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This little guy is very nice..with a wonderful pose. Perhaps a little more USM if it can take it. Sandy has a marvelous suggestion with flash. It's something worth playing with as down the road it can be very helpful but this one is nice as is.

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by Harvey Edelman on Tue Dec 16, 2003 8:28 am

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Nicely posed and balanced image. The nits have already been covered.

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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Tue Dec 16, 2003 11:10 am

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Very nice shot. He gave you a good pose and I like the way you composed the image.

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by Bill Lockhart on Tue Dec 16, 2003 4:50 pm

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The background doesn't bother me. I notice the limb behind the bird is in perfect focus, I think maybe you missed a lock on the focus. It's a tad soft. The composition is excellent! I like the strong diagonal lines of the limbs and the cross diagonal of the bird. Getting shots of these little guys ain't easy. Congrats. Bill