White Crowned Sparrows and Meadowlarks

[MHarvey]

Running around the farm Christmas morning, was able to snag some shots of these guys before the family got around to opening presents. c&c welcome thanks for looking, enjoy!

1. Look closely at the reflection in his eye and you see the white barn I was in front of while taking the picture

2. My favorite one, like the lichens/moss on the tree.

3. I liked the composition of this one, thought it was interesting

 

[Ron Evers]

#1 I would expect you were using a long lens but the short DoF leaving the birds butt OOF make's it look like a close shot with a short lens. ??

#3 I would crop the top bird completely out of the picture.

 

[MHarvey]

shooting a Canon EOS 40D all with a Canon EF 70-300mm lens

#1. shutter speed 1/320
aperture f/6.3
ISO 800
focal length 300.0

#2. shutter speed 1/400
aperture 7
ISO 640
focal length 300.0

#3. shutter speed 1/640
aperture 10
ISO 400
focal length 260.0

 

[Flower Child]

yep- i see the barn.

i really liked these. they are really really sharp and easy to look at. #2 is cute how hes all puffed up like that. i thought the third was unique and i liked it the best. i think it would have been really really super good if the bird wasnt RIGHT above the other bird--like maybe off to left more---but hey its not like you can ask him to move.

 

[MHarvey]

thanks for the comments!