American Tree Sparrow _1030076
Dec, 2013Views
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KrakenWaker
April 29, 2014
Really nice shot, the snowflakes are a really nice capture. Great work and congrats on your feature.
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carolyns
April 29, 2014
Beautiful capture. What a hardy little sparrow! Not sure our sparrows way down here would survive that sort of cold!
running56horses
April 29, 2014
Beautiful shot! Excellent texture, details and contrast! Nicely done!
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MaryAnne306
April 29, 2014
This is a lesson in how to make a very common bird into a masterpiece! Absolutely lovely. Congratulations on your feature.
lujon1956
May 05, 2014
I love the snowflakes on the top of his head and on his feathers. I just love birds. Beautiful.
Cindi_Tonkovich
May 09, 2014
Beautiful. I feel like adding some paint to his feathers. Just gorgeous.
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Behind The Lens
Location
This photo was taken on my back deck at a farm in Innisfil. The birds were feeding and resting on the railing and didn't seem at all phased that I was only a couple of feet away.Time
It was early afternoon, during a light snowfall. There were already piles of grungy dirty snow around so these sparrows were a brilliant relief for my eyes.Lighting
Unfortunately there were no fancy lighting techniques to share with you. This was all natural outdoor light and no flash. My favourite kind of lighting!Equipment
Equipment: Olympus OM-D E-M5; 81mm; f5.6; ISO 200; shutter priority; 1/200; white balance - cloudy. I didn't have time to set up the tripod so the set of shots I took were all handheld.Inspiration
I love birds - especially pudgy winter birds and give so much credit to the little guys that stick around during Canada's long cold winters. Against the sometimes dismal gray and white winter background, birds add a flash of colour and remind me that an abundance of life is still all around me.Editing
Post processing was done in Picassa. The photo was cropped and saturation adjusted slightly. I slightly lightened the photo to brighten the gray background.In my camera bag
I am not a traditionally organized photographer. Sometimes I just go for a drive without plans for specific photo stops so I tend to take 2 bags of equipment every where I go. One holds 5 different lenses and the body and the other bag is for cleaning equipment, batteries, filters, reflectors, memory cards etc. I also take (everywhere) a tripod, gorillapod, and a monopod.Feedback
Winter is a fabulous time to capture photos of birds. I especially love photographing them during a snowfall. I keep several feeders filled in a variety of different locations and heights throughout the year which allows birds to settle in the area and visit more frequently. I try to place feeders in trees (on a large property) with smoother branches so smaller pesky little branches are less likely get in the way of the subject. The feeder beside this bird was sitting right on the deck railing and instead of brushing the snow off of the railing, which is what I normally would do, I left the snow to pile up and am pretty happy with the outcome.
