Chipping Sparrow

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Photo was taken last summer at Green Lake PP.

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7DII, 500mm, f/4, 1/640, ISO 400. Photo is cropped to 77% of full size. A vertical branch was removed just to left of bird in photo and a dark blotch was removed TRC.

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Hi David, a real cutie that you captured very well. The bird looks quite nice - nice details and color in soft light. Love the rusty caps on these birds. Really great to get one off the ground on a nice perch. Pleasing background. Well done.

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Nice pose and I like the diagonal perch. The rufous cap works well against the green background and the bird shows nice detail.

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Superb pose, composition, eye contact, plumage detail, and background. The diagonal perch works well.

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All said above. The BG is gorgeous!! It may just be me but it feels like the bird is leaning to the left a little. Maybe a slight CW rotation?

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Beautiful detail in the Chipping Sparrow, David. One of my favorite sparrows to photograph. I like the background and pose, but I think I agree with Diane that the bird feels a bit unbalanced and a touch of CW rotation would fix it.

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Thanks everyone. And thanks for mentioning the lean. I fixed it up.