Song Sparrow
Uploaded: January 15, 2007
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
Barbara Waldoch January 15, 2007
Beautiful little bird, Janine! #588099Ray Clarke January 15, 2007
Great detail and lighting Janine!!!(R) #3820562Mary 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! #3820572Datha Y. Thompson January 15, 2007
Excellent capture Janine.. #3820576Susie Peek-Swint January 15, 2007
Lovely capture of this sweet little sparrow Janine ~ looks like you have some snow? #3820588Paul Michko January 15, 2007
Awesome capture, Janine. #3820611Dr Silly January 15, 2007
Mary said it all. :O)Donald K. Cherry January 15, 2007
Beautiful close-up capture, Janine! #3820656Debbie Hartley January 15, 2007
Gorgeous image Janine! Lovely focus and detail! #3820676Sherri Gorman January 15, 2007
Awesome capture!!! The details are amazing!!! Wonderful!!! #3820738Joy Rector January 15, 2007
perfect shot #3820846Su Sana E. P January 15, 2007
Great capture with fantastic details and wonderful dof, Janine!! #3820848Dave Sanders January 15, 2007
I like watching these little guys. Great capture with clarity and detail. The shadowing is perfect. Great job. #3820903Anita Hogue January 15, 2007
Awesome capture, Janine! #3821024Rakesh Syal January 15, 2007
Awesome detail and lighting, Janine!! #3821032Agnes Fegan January 15, 2007
Beautiful and crisp capture of this pretty little bird...looks so nice against the background highlights too! #3821047Lynne Morris January 15, 2007
Wow what an awesome capture Janine! #3821209Kathy Reeves January 15, 2007
Fantastic image Janine! #3821361Tonya R. Boles January 15, 2007
Great capture Janine. #3821378Kay E. Mahoney January 15, 2007
Adorable. Cute little bird. #3821480Susan Fox January 15, 2007
Another wonderful one Janine! Great comp. clarity and detail! Love the blurred background too. #3821660Janine 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.Colleen Farrell January 15, 2007
Beautiful detail and light on this little guy! I love the specular highlights in the background, too. #3822149Candice 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! #3822265Ronald F. Fischer January 15, 2007
Fantastic capture, Janine! #3822276Helen N. McHugh January 15, 2007
Just awesome, Janine! #3822605Cathy 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!! #3823535Patricia Ronan January 15, 2007
Beautiful Janine, every day we see a stunning picture :) #3823589Ken Jarvis January 15, 2007
Excellant capture, Janine! #3823836Janine 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. #3823862Jenny D January 15, 2007
Very pretty capture! Wonderful details & DOF! #3823987Theresa Marie Jones January 15, 2007
Another super shot Janine!!!! #3824220Evy Johansen January 15, 2007
Wonderful clarity and detail, Janine! Another beautiful shot! #3824607Glenn E. Traver January 15, 2007
Very sharp and good exposure on this little poser ~ GT #3824649Stan Kwasniowski January 15, 2007
Janine, what a gorgeous collection of birds you have captured #3824673Vladan D. Djordjevic January 15, 2007
Beautiful, beautiful photo!!! Love the composition, clarity, color, details, dof! #3824683Janine Russell January 15, 2007
JD, Theresa, Evy, Glenn, Stan and Vladan, thanks very much for your kind comments and encouragement. #3824765Janine Russell January 15, 2007
Don, thanks very much for your encouraging comments. #3824775Lynn Crawford January 15, 2007
Such a beautiful image Janine, wonderful detail and I love the colors, great work :) #3824970Arnie Horwitz January 15, 2007
Great capture with beautiful color and incredibly sharp detail, Janine! #3825008Graeme yew Chow January 15, 2007
Wonderful detail and light. Love the snow bg, Janine. #3825058Leonard Pierce January 15, 2007
Wow! This is a fantastic shot Janine, perfect in every way!! #3825065Janine Russell January 15, 2007
Lynn, Arnie, Graeme and Len, thanks very much for your encouragement and kind comments. #3825100Katarina 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 :-) #3825106Remi Trepanier January 16, 2007
Beautiful bird Janine! #3826371Bambi 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! #3826458Janine Russell January 16, 2007
Katarina, Remi and Bambi, thanks very much for your kind comments and encouragement. #3826604Sharon Day January 16, 2007
Awesome shot, Janine!!! Your bird photos are always amazing! #3827600Janine Russell January 16, 2007
Sharon, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments. #3827670Terry L. Ellis January 16, 2007
Absolutely beautiful, Janine! The DOF and specular highlights are awesome as are the details. #3828668Janine Russell January 16, 2007
Terry, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #3828991Brenda Sides January 17, 2007
Wonderful capture, Janine! #3829663Janine Russell January 17, 2007
Brenda, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments. #3830442Sherry 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!! #3832711Janine Russell January 17, 2007
Sherry, thanks very much for your kind comments and encouragement. #3832723Sandra Freyler January 18, 2007
Beautiful shot, Janine! :) #3835952Janine Russell January 18, 2007
Sandra, thanks very much for your encouraging comments. #3836051Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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