Inspiring Photo: Song Sparrow #3274886

Song Sparrow

Uploaded: January 15, 2007

Description

Photo was taken on January 11, 2007 at 3:25pm in Edmonds, Washington
Canon 400mm F/4 DO IS lens + Tamron 1.4x TC @ F/7.1, 1/250 second, ISO 400
Cropped, shadow/highlight, cloned, dodged, burned, resized and sharpened in Photoshop CS
POTD at photo-of-the-day.com on January 18, 2007

Comments

Barbara Waldoch January 15, 2007

Beautiful little bird, Janine! #588099

Ray Clarke January 15, 2007

Great detail and lighting Janine!!!(R) #3820562

Mary K. Robison January 15, 2007

This is a remarkable capture, Janine. Everyone's familiar with the astonishing detail of your bird portraits, and this is as fine as they come. But what makes this a winner to me is that intense, straight-on gaze - riveting! #3820572

Datha Y. Thompson January 15, 2007

Excellent capture Janine.. #3820576

Susie Peek-Swint January 15, 2007

Lovely capture of this sweet little sparrow Janine ~ looks like you have some snow? #3820588

Paul Michko January 15, 2007

Awesome capture, Janine. #3820611

Dr Silly January 15, 2007

Mary said it all. :O)
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Donald K. Cherry January 15, 2007

Beautiful close-up capture, Janine! #3820656

Debbie Hartley January 15, 2007

Gorgeous image Janine! Lovely focus and detail! #3820676

Sherri Gorman January 15, 2007

Awesome capture!!! The details are amazing!!! Wonderful!!! #3820738

Joy Rector January 15, 2007

perfect shot #3820846

Su Sana E. P January 15, 2007

Great capture with fantastic details and wonderful dof, Janine!! #3820848

Dave Sanders January 15, 2007

I like watching these little guys. Great capture with clarity and detail. The shadowing is perfect. Great job. #3820903

Anita Hogue January 15, 2007

Awesome capture, Janine! #3821024

Rakesh Syal January 15, 2007

Awesome detail and lighting, Janine!! #3821032

Agnes Fegan January 15, 2007

Beautiful and crisp capture of this pretty little bird...looks so nice against the background highlights too! #3821047

Lynne Morris January 15, 2007

Wow what an awesome capture Janine! #3821209

Kathy Reeves January 15, 2007

Fantastic image Janine! #3821361

Tonya R. Boles January 15, 2007

Great capture Janine. #3821378

Kay E. Mahoney January 15, 2007

Adorable. Cute little bird. #3821480

Susan Fox January 15, 2007

Another wonderful one Janine! Great comp. clarity and detail! Love the blurred background too. #3821660

Janine Russell January 15, 2007

Barbara, Ray, Mary, Datha, Susie (yes, we're having cold and a little bit of snow this year, which is unusual for where I live), Paul M, Doc, Donald, Debbie, Sherri, Joy, SuSana, Dave, Anita, Rakesh, Agnes, Lynne, Kathy, Tonya, Kay and Susan, thanks very much for your encouragement and kind comments.

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Colleen Farrell January 15, 2007

Beautiful detail and light on this little guy! I love the specular highlights in the background, too. #3822149

Candice C. Calhoun January 15, 2007

Fabulous shot, Janine...super details and dof!

ccc #3822261

Deborah Sandidge January 15, 2007

Such a sweet capture, Janine - perfect! #3822265

Ronald F. Fischer January 15, 2007

Fantastic capture, Janine! #3822276

January 15, 2007

How beautiful, Janine! The little bit of snow put the final touch on this!! #3822555

Helen N. McHugh January 15, 2007

Just awesome, Janine! #3822605

Cathy M. Gromball January 15, 2007

This is absolutely wonderful, Janine!

Cathy :) #3823348

Karen Engelbreth January 15, 2007

Fantastic capture, Janine!

#3823364

Bill Wyatt January 15, 2007

He has a pompous look on he face lol. Beautiufl details and lighting Janine!! #3823535

Patricia Ronan January 15, 2007

Beautiful Janine, every day we see a stunning picture :) #3823589

Ken Jarvis January 15, 2007

Excellant capture, Janine! #3823836

Janine Russell January 15, 2007

Colleen, Candice, Deb, Ron, Joyce, Helen, Cathy, Karen, Bill, Patricia and Ken, thanks very much for all of your kind comments and encouragement. #3823862

Jenny D January 15, 2007

Very pretty capture! Wonderful details & DOF! #3823987

Theresa Marie Jones January 15, 2007

Another super shot Janine!!!! #3824220

Evy Johansen January 15, 2007

Wonderful clarity and detail, Janine! Another beautiful shot! #3824607

Glenn E. Traver January 15, 2007

Very sharp and good exposure on this little poser ~ GT #3824649

Stan Kwasniowski January 15, 2007

Janine, what a gorgeous collection of birds you have captured #3824673

Vladan D. Djordjevic January 15, 2007

Beautiful, beautiful photo!!! Love the composition, clarity, color, details, dof! #3824683

Janine Russell January 15, 2007

JD, Theresa, Evy, Glenn, Stan and Vladan, thanks very much for your kind comments and encouragement. #3824765

Janine Russell January 15, 2007

Don, thanks very much for your encouraging comments. #3824775

Lynn Crawford January 15, 2007

Such a beautiful image Janine, wonderful detail and I love the colors, great work :) #3824970

Arnie Horwitz January 15, 2007

Great capture with beautiful color and incredibly sharp detail, Janine! #3825008

Graeme yew Chow January 15, 2007

Wonderful detail and light. Love the snow bg, Janine. #3825058

Leonard Pierce January 15, 2007

Wow! This is a fantastic shot Janine, perfect in every way!! #3825065

Janine Russell January 15, 2007

Lynn, Arnie, Graeme and Len, thanks very much for your encouragement and kind comments. #3825100

Katarina Mansson January 15, 2007

Wow! In your line of bird photos this is one of my favourites! The clarity and detail are stunning. I love the background lights and colors. Excellent composition as well. This looks like a winner to me :-) #3825106

Remi Trepanier January 16, 2007

Beautiful bird Janine! #3826371

Bambi L. Dingman January 16, 2007

Janine, this is different than a lot of your bird photos. I like your POV here! Beautiful details and composition. Great job! #3826458

Janine Russell January 16, 2007

Katarina, Remi and Bambi, thanks very much for your kind comments and encouragement. #3826604

Sharon Day January 16, 2007

Awesome shot, Janine!!! Your bird photos are always amazing! #3827600

Janine Russell January 16, 2007

Sharon, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments. #3827670

Terry L. Ellis January 16, 2007

Absolutely beautiful, Janine! The DOF and specular highlights are awesome as are the details. #3828668

Janine Russell January 16, 2007

Terry, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #3828991

Brenda Sides January 17, 2007

Wonderful capture, Janine! #3829663

Janine Russell January 17, 2007

Brenda, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments. #3830442

Sherry Stricklin Boles January 17, 2007

Wonderful capture, Janine! I've had no luck capturing this bird...but yours is fantastic! And that gorgeous lighting just adds the right touch!! #3832711

Janine Russell January 17, 2007

Sherry, thanks very much for your kind comments and encouragement. #3832723

Sandra Freyler January 18, 2007

Beautiful shot, Janine! :) #3835952

Janine Russell January 18, 2007

Sandra, thanks very much for your encouraging comments. #3836051

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