Golden-Crowned Sparrow

© Debra R. Harder

Golden-Crowned Sparrow

Uploaded: March 09, 2009 13:00:41

Description

Exif: F Number: 5.6, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/640 seconds, Flash: did not fire., ISO: 640, White balance: Manual white balance, FocalLength: 400.00 mm, Model: NIKON D300

Comments

Kathleen Nealon March 09, 2009

Absolutely beautiful. Not only is the bird perfect but I love the shooting through the branches. #1095534

Eugenio Diaz March 09, 2009

Nicely done! A very delicate beauty to this one!
A wonderful shot... #7263670

March 09, 2009

Beautiful close up and detail,Deb! #7264099

Kathleen Rinker March 10, 2009

Beautiful, lovely light and color, fantastic detail and clarity, great work!! #7267178

Randy A. Myers March 10, 2009

Love this shot. It has a very intimate feel to it. #7267309

Shawn Jennings March 10, 2009

Fantastic! Great dof and I like the square crop too! #7267963

Mary Spade March 10, 2009

Marvelous Debra!! #7269090

Marisol Pastor March 11, 2009

This is so beautiful Debra! Love the softness and, as Randy has already pointed out, the intimate feel of this image. #7272907

Lois Adomite March 11, 2009

lovely clarity on the birds feathers and yet a nice soft background, great composition also. Lois #7272918

Judy V. Kennamer level-classic March 12, 2009

Beautiful Deb!!!! I love this little cutie - and his perch in the snow is just perfect! I'm so jealous - we never get to photograph birds in the snow here :o) #7275160

Sirsendu Gayen March 12, 2009

WOW!This is beautiful.Excellent pov and composition. #7276509

Shelly A. Van Camp level-classic March 12, 2009

Very cute bird and image, Deb! Love the tree and snow too!! Have a nice day!! #7276826

Leslie McLain level-classic March 12, 2009

Beautiful capture and clarity. I always worry about these little birds in the cold weather. #7277594

Max Aureli March 12, 2009

Fantastic and gorgeous Debra!!! Great shot with gorgeous details, colors and light!!! Amaze work your photos my friend!!! #7278332

Stefania Barbier level-classic March 13, 2009

spectacular Deb... love the perfect clarity and shallow dof! #7278655

Renee Doyle March 13, 2009

He's a beauty Deb!!!!! Wonderful capture! #7279057

Linda D. Lester level-classic March 13, 2009

He is a beauty....great capture! #7279697

JO ANN CLEVELAND March 13, 2009

Wow Deb! This is gorgeous, and in the snow with the beautiful greens of the pine trees, wonderful lighting....

Absolutely gorgeous!

jo ann c. #7280487

ROLAN NARMAN March 13, 2009

Excellent SF, superb capture Debra! #7280591

Vladan D. Djordjevic March 14, 2009

Wow, this is an amazing image! Terrific dof, sf, lovely details, lighting, colors and superb composition. A winner! #7284619

Nadya Johnson March 14, 2009

Deb this is exquisite! The way some of the pine-needles blend into the mist while others pop -- ! "Priceless! The bird of course, is crystal-clear as well, and so beautiful against the trees and snow. Gorgeous work! #7284668

Nancy (Peaches) Harker March 14, 2009

AWSOME and beautiful bird capture Debra! #7285313

March 14, 2009

I was Wrong.
It does get BETTER ! LOL.
Just Beautiful.

FaveD........Again !

E J #7285403

Max Aureli March 16, 2009

Beautiful bird and great capture, Debra!! Love the tones and the focus!! Fantastic work!! #7291341

Renata Gusciora March 22, 2009

Ah,this I love,Debra!!! #7313694

Erica Murphy level-classic March 23, 2009

What a beautiful image! Love the tight crop and shallow DOF. You've been busy creating beautiful images Debra! #7318362

Mary Beth Aiello level-classic April 22, 2009

Debra -- This is absolutely gorgeous. Fabulous detail and DOF. Congrats on this wonderful finalist. Outstanding. #7432258

Shawn Jennings April 22, 2009

WTG Deb! Congratulations on your finalist! #7432282

Lois Adomite April 22, 2009

Congratulations on your finalist, I love this one, good luck. Lois #7432412

Max Aureli April 22, 2009

Congratulations my friend!!! :-))) he he he :-)) #7432469

Stefania Barbier level-classic April 22, 2009

YYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!! #7433733

ROLAN NARMAN April 22, 2009

Huge Congratulations on your gorgeous finalist Debra! #7434006

Daniella Puente April 22, 2009

WHAT A GORGEOUS CAPTURE DEB!!!!!
Congrats :))))) #7434268

Ken Smith level-classic April 22, 2009

Perfect...good luck on the gold, Deb! #7434694

Linda D. Lester level-classic April 22, 2009

Perfect.....Congratulations! #7434979

Renee Doyle April 22, 2009

Just wonderful!!! Congratulations once again Deb!! #7435350

Alex T. Mizuno April 22, 2009

My, lighting is so perfect that it looks like a studio shot! Amazing wok Deb!! Congratulations on your another excellent Finalist!!

Hi Ken, Linda, Renee, we meet again :) #7435802

Eugenio Diaz April 22, 2009

WTG Deb!!!
AMAZING Finalist! #7436725

Carol Engstrom level-classic April 22, 2009

This is amazing! Congrats! #7436874

Lisa J. Boulden level-classic April 22, 2009

Such a beauty, Deb!!!
Huge, wonderful congratulations!
~♥~Lisa #7436974

Tommy E. Burgess April 22, 2009

Huge congratulations on this outstanding finalist Debra!! #7437361

Judy V. Kennamer level-classic April 23, 2009

Congrats on this beauty Deb!!!!! #7438878

Melissa Olsen April 23, 2009

Congrats to you for your finalist win! #7438967

Jennifer L. Alder April 23, 2009

You know I love this one! CONGRATS :) #7439287

Phil Stith April 23, 2009

Way to go, Debra!!! Congratulations once again! #7439654

Leslie McLain level-classic April 23, 2009

Congrats on this amazing finalist. A winner for sure. #7439743

JO ANN CLEVELAND April 23, 2009

Ohhhh Deb, this surely will get gold too!

Awesome, congrats

jo ann c. #7440107

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe April 23, 2009

Congrats Deb on this Excellent Finalist! Jeff #7440124

Stephanie Frey April 23, 2009

Congrats on another beautiful image, Deb! #7440259

Colleen Farrell April 23, 2009

I love this image! Big congrats again, Deb! #7440342

Christina N. Seuser April 23, 2009

Great DOF and detail Debra! Congratulations on another fine Finalist! #7440552

Mitch Spence level-classic April 23, 2009

A terrific environmental shot, Deb. Congrats again. #7440993

Jessica Jenney April 23, 2009

Congratulations on your beautiful finalist, Debra! #7441070

Bill Houghton April 23, 2009

Debra, this is such a beautiful finalist. A sure winner in my book. Congratulations. Bill

Check out my website:
Bill Houghton Photography #7441785

Erica Murphy level-classic April 24, 2009

Congratulations on your gorgeous finalist!!! This is so beautiful Debra! #7444537

Donna R. Wageman April 24, 2009

Congratulations - outstanding! #7445075

Marisol Pastor April 24, 2009

Congrats again! #7445148

Janet Daniel April 25, 2009

Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, Deb! #7448918

Dianna Murphy April 25, 2009

Way to go my friend...Congratulations! A super image!!! #7449440

Susan Fox April 25, 2009

Congratulations Deb!!!!! #7449783

Linda Blair April 29, 2009

Congratulations on this sweet capture!!!! #7465922

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