Monday's Sparrow

[rbuttrum]

We tend to think of the sparrow as a "common bird", but it really is quite pretty. I don't know what this particular sparrow is but he (she) seemed quite happy to pose with the lawn as a backdrop.

Actual size
100-400 L
Ralph

[Solo175]

Well, sell my clothes, I am going to heaven!

Would you mind sharing with us what you did to get this shot? :cool:

[rbuttrum]

Well, sell my clothes, I am going to heaven!

Would you mind sharing with us what you did to get this shot? :cool:


I gathered up my favourite deck chair, a 500ml bottle of Creemore lager, my camera with the 100-400L lens, and my tripod.
Then I sat and waited (and sipped). I was after the grossbeal, but his little fellow landed on a planter, about 12 inches above the lawn so I pointed and shot.
ISO 200 RAW, extracted with Adobe Camera Raw. I set teh image to full sizi in Photoshop CS, cropped it and then I Used Ninja Noise, but it needed precious little. Then I sharpened it a tad with Miranda CPRO and resized it with Miranda Resize. I used Photoshop 'Save for Web' to get the final file size to what it might be.
What was the question again? :)

Ralph

[Solo175]

Well......

A Lounge, a Lager, a Lawn and a Lens seems to make good sense. LUCKY sense LOL!

Still blown away by your pic!

[sparker1]

Absolutely magnificent, well worth all the effort.

[ssim]

Well......

A Lounge, a Lager, a Lawn and a Lens seems to make good sense. LUCKY sense LOL!

Still blown away by your pic!

There is just too man L's in there. Excuse me gotta run to the camera store.

I know that many here think that the ordinary sparrow is not worthy of photographing. I'm sure that you had a good sense of satisfaction after taking this. It is a very good shot.

[rbuttrum]

There is just too man L's in there. Excuse me gotta run to the camera store.

I know that many here think that the ordinary sparrow is not worthy of photographing. I'm sure that you had a good sense of satisfaction after taking this. It is a very good shot.

Thanks for the kind words Sheldon (and the rest of you too), you are quite right, I have learned a new respect for that which seems commonplace, once captured in a nice image they become quite special don't they...

This photography business can be quite enlightening if you let it get to you.

Ralph

[HJMinard]

Really nice shot, Ralph ... that's a White-crowned Sparrow.

[tupe]

Wow! just Wow!

[Alan B]

Superb shot :cool: :cool: :D